Prophecy 15
"Creating is an incredible journey that can open the door to a new universe."
Peter Howson, Artist
A fascinating, in-depth and intimate exploration of the creation of artist Peter Howson’s monumental Goya-esque oil painting, Prophecy. Using innovative techniques, the film reveals the motives and techniques behind each stroke of paint, plunging the audience into the artist’s darkly comic and obsessive mind.
Howson is a former official British war artist who works from his imagination. He draws inspiration from world unrest, religious beliefs and mythology, and utilises classical technical skills from his heroes, Goya, DaVinci, Bruegel and El Greco.
Inventive filming techniques and hypnotic camera work make the invisible, visible, revealing how the unseen images in the artist’s head are transferred to canvas. We discover what it takes to create a large oil painting - the techniques, the materials, the skills - as well as the thinking behind creation, and the intentions and difficulties that push the artist to achieve this ambitious, masterful and detailed 6ft x 8ft canvas.
- Director
- Charlie Paul
- Country
- UK
- Year
- 2019
- Duration
- 1 hour 30 minutes
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