Location

Country: China
City: Beijing
Place: British Embassy

"Pathway through Park" is a view of Victoria Park in Hackney, east London. Mike Silva's intense use of colour forms the impression of sunlight falling through the trees, creating an image of an idyllic English summer afternoon. Silva bases his paintings on photographic images. While at first glance they appear to be realist representations of snapshots, on closer inspection they dissolve into abstract constructions of colour and light. Mike Silva was born in Sweden and studied at Middlesex University and the Royal College of Art in London.

Places

England, London, Victoria Park, Hackney

Subjects

landscape C21st, tree, sunlight, path, park, lawn

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Mike Silva (1970 - )

Title

Pathway through Park

Date

September 2000

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 152.50 cm, width: 194.50 cm, depth: 4.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin, October 2000

Inscription

verso on stretcher bar: "PATHWAY THROUGH PARK" - SEPT. 2000, Mike Silva

Provenance

Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin

GAC number

17507