{"id":18396,"date":"2024-03-21T23:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/artwork\/the-straight-road-by-gethyn-davies\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T16:49:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:49:30","slug":"the-straight-road-by-gethyn-davies","status":"publish","type":"listivo_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/artwork\/the-straight-road-by-gethyn-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Straight Road by Gethyn Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">The Straight Road<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span> is an impressive contemporary landscape by British painter and animator <span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">Gethyn Davies<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span>, masterfully created using <span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">acrylic on paper<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span>, as beautifully displayed with its rich textures in the provided image. Belonging to the artist&#8217;s acclaimed &#8220;English Landscape&#8221; series, this work breaks away from traditional scenic views by utilizing a striking <span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">bird&#8217;s-eye (aerial) perspective<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span>. Davies\u2019 extensive <span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">background in animation and art direction<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span> for television is heavily reflected in the painting&#8217;s precise geometric layout, the rhythmic positioning of the rounded trees, and the signature carefully placed in the lower-left corner. The composition delivers a high-contrast experience, beautifully merging the <span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">warm reddish-brown tones of the ploughed fields<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span> with the vibrant blue-turquoise line of the road, while the elongated, prominent dark shadows cast by the trees inject a dramatic sense of depth and time. What provides this artwork with its extraordinary detail is the artist&#8217;s specialized application of <span class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif, 'Noto Color Emoji';font-weight: bold;margin: 0px;border-bottom: 0px #0a0a0a\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">acrylic gesso and heavy texture pastes<!--TgQPHd|||[]--><\/span>, building a rich, sculptural surface that brings the physical relief of the tree canopies and the organic lines of the soil to life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"template":"","listivo_14":["Acrylic","Painting"],"listivo_18029":["Unframed"],"listivo_18153":[],"listivo_29992":[],"class_list":["post-18396","listivo_listing","type-listivo_listing","status-publish","hentry","listivo_14-acrylic","listivo_14-painting","listivo_18029-unframed"],"acf":[],"listivo_130":[],"listivo_345":{"url":"","embed":""},"listivo_145":["https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artgallery-mockup-2.avif","https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Straight-Road.jpg"],"listivo_344":[],"listivo_29823":[],"listivo_29822":["42.0cm"],"listivo_29821":["62.0cm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listings\/18396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/listivo_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"listivo_14","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listivo_14?post=18396"},{"taxonomy":"listivo_18029","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listivo_18029?post=18396"},{"taxonomy":"listivo_18153","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listivo_18153?post=18396"},{"taxonomy":"listivo_29992","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artgallery.com.tr\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/listivo_29992?post=18396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}