Sophia and the Monkey, 2017
Nicholas Robertson
Acrylic on rolled superior canvas board
Original Painting, 51 x 75 x 0.5 cm
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About Nicholas Robertson
Born Gloucester UK. I suspect like most figurative artists I find drawing and painting the human form wholly embedded with human behaviour. The desire to secure more than a representation of a persons movement, the spilling of light over contours or the various other physical facets is the reason we continue to make paintings. To liberate a recognisable small emotion in texture, colour and pattern and to make it still, perhaps this is a measure of a successful painting. I like to work in acrylic because it allows me to experiment, making changes quickly is paramount when wishing to explore your options.
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Sophia Chipperfield was born in 1867 and married James Chittock in 1896; she was his second wife and 27 years younger than her husband. Their show featured the ‘Chittocks’ troupe of performing dogs and monkeys, considered the best travelling show in England. She was an able equestrian and juggler and I have used her introduction to one of the monkeys as the base for this painting. I wanted to depict the ‘encounter’ and to display the vibrant fairground/showfolk colours with that well used, weathered look you see on circus tents etc.