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and S, a spiral / knotwork letter contraction letter contraction in the
style of the Lindisfarne gospels. B and S was commissioned as a wedding
present for Billy and Shona Sangster of Seattle, Washington State, USA.
Originally designed to include a supporting text, this was left out
after completion of the very simple colour scheme as I felt that any
addition would have upset the delicate balance and simplicity of this
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and I. 220mm. x 180mm. 8.6in. x 7.1in. Ink and gouache on parchment. Copyright James M. Summers 1997. P and I is a capital contraction with the letters formed out of knotwork and the intervening space filled with a motif of spirals in a style clearly inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, from design to completion took eighty hours.
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X. 227mm. x 305mm. 8.9in. x 12in. Ink and gouache on parchment. Copyright James M. Summers 1998. The illuminated X is an interpretation of the decorated capital on folio 29 of the Lindisfarne Gospels, the letter shape being illuminated with interwoven birds and spirals ( once again ,this work is considerably larger than the original ). |
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J and O. 190mm. x 112mm. 7.5in. x 4.4in. Ink and gouache on parchment. Copyright James M.Summers 1997. J and O; Again in the style of the Lindisfarne Gospels, but this time I restricted the palatte colours to gold and unshaded green (along with black and white), I personally find that a restricted colour scheme is more pleasing to the eye but far more planning of the overall colour layout is required.
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and O. 163mm. x 203mm. 6.4in. x 8in. Ink and gouache on parchment. Copyright James M.Summers 1997. M and O; Spiral decoration surrounding knotwork letters in the Lindisfarne style. Trying to write objectively about this work presents me with a problem as my eye is always drawn to a mistake I made while applying ink to the completed pencil drawing. The subsequent attempted cover-up during painting detracts not from the beacon-like quality of my error when I look at it !
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