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Blue Lane

Graham Crowley (b.1950)

Government Art Collection

Blue Lane

© Graham Crowley, courtesy of Beaux Arts. Image credit: Government Art Collection

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With its neat hedgerows, 'Blue Lane' is an idyllic countryside scene, but its colours have been altered to suffuse the image in a milky pale blue tone. This is characteristic of Graham Crowley's work, in which he saturates colours to heighten the emotional character of a scene. Based around West Cork, Ireland, where Crowley often visits, his images reflect the area's atmospheric light. As many of the houses there are painted in bright lilac and blue, they contrast with the landscape. This timeless rural idyll is countered by the telephone lines, and TV aerials of modern life.

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London

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Title

Blue Lane

Date

2003–2004

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91.8 x W 114.5 cm

Accession number

18010

Acquisition method

purchased from the Beaux Arts Gallery, 2005

Work type

Painting

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Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London, Greater London SW1A 2BL England

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Artist or maker

Graham Crowley

b.1950

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