1970s Hiker Contemplating Life – Original Painting
£425.00
1970s Hiker Contemplating Life – Original Painting
A solitary figure sits alone in the landscape, pausing somewhere between a walk, a memory and a life half-thought through.
This is the office loner in his old national service kit, out on the hills with his rations, preferring his own company and quietly contemplating life.
There is something both funny and tender about him — so prepared, so self-contained, and yet somehow a little vulnerable too.
He feels like one of those familiar men from another time: dutiful, reserved, slightly apart from everyone else, carrying on in his own way without expecting much fuss.
Painted in my expressive narrative style, this original work is less about a specific person than a type we recognise — the thoughtful outsider, the man on the edge of things, making sense of life in his own quiet fashion.
Like much of my work, it draws on memory, observation and a fondness for ordinary people whose stories rarely get centre stage.
Details
Original painting by Sue Dewhurst
Acrylic on boxed canvas
Ready to hang
Signed original artwork
12 x 12 1.5 inches
A reflective piece of narrative figurative art, full of atmosphere, recognition and quiet character.
To see more in this series click here
A solitary 1970s hiker sits in the landscape, contemplating life.
An office loner in his old national service kit, eating his rations alone and quietly making sense of the world in his own way.
An original character painting by Sue Dewhurst, full of atmosphere, memory and quiet pathos.
Description
1970s Hiker Contemplating Life – Original Painting
A solitary figure sits alone in the landscape, pausing somewhere between a walk, a memory and a life half-thought through.
This is the office loner in his old national service kit, out on the hills with his rations, preferring his own company and quietly contemplating life.
There is something both funny and tender about him — so prepared, so self-contained, and yet somehow a little vulnerable too.
He feels like one of those familiar men from another time: dutiful, reserved, slightly apart from everyone else, carrying on in his own way without expecting much fuss.
Painted in my expressive narrative style, this original work is less about a specific person than a type we recognise — the thoughtful outsider, the man on the edge of things, making sense of life in his own quiet fashion.
Like much of my work, it draws on memory, observation and a fondness for ordinary people whose stories rarely get centre stage.
Details
Original painting by Sue Dewhurst
Acrylic on boxed canvas
Ready to hang
Signed original artwork
12 x 12 1.5 inches
A reflective piece of narrative figurative art, full of atmosphere, recognition and quiet character.
To see more in this series click here
Related products
-
***Currently out of stock ***Art print of Tina with caption ‘One tea, two cups Tina – what’s Rooibus anyway?? We’ll bring a flask next time
£35.00 -
Art Print – Frisky Frances – off to buy a steak to put some lead in old Joe’s pencil… giclee print mounted in cream card ready to frame
£35.00 -
Canalside Carole – Rochdale Canal Narrative Painting by Sue Dewhurst
£575.00 -
Bridie – Character Painting Original and Relic Box | 1970s Character Painting
£345.00
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.