Gallery Midnight
The Arc
The Arc
by Johny Midnight
A fleet of white sails crosses a vast, dark ocean under a brooding Caribbean sky. Painted in response to the ARC - the Atlantic rally that carries sailors safely from Europe to the Caribbean in convoy.
Limited edition fine art prints, hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Once the edition is sold out, it will not be reproduced.
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Artwork Description
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers - known as the ARC - brings together professional and amateur sailors each year for a transatlantic crossing from Europe to the Caribbean. Johny's painting captures the scale of that crossing without documenting any individual moment. Dozens of white sails push across a deep, dark ocean of Prussian blue and turquoise, the horizon barely visible through masts and moving water. The boats are the vehicle, not the subject - it is the immensity of the sea, and the human impulse to cross it, that the painting is really about.
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Artist's Insight
The ARC is this remarkable thing - a convoy of boats crossing the Atlantic together, from Europe to the Caribbean. Professional sailors, amateurs, all crossing together as a kind of safety net. The scale of it stuck with me. I painted very dark Prussian blues with white horses and flashes of turquoise to give you the feeling of the ocean. I never spend too much time on the boats themselves - they're there to create perspective and distance across the water. The ocean is the subject.
Original Artwork Information
Artwork year created: 2015
Original artwork size: 102 x 76
Original artwork medium: Oil on canvas
Original artwork status: SOLD
Print Details
Gallery Midnight limited edition fine art prints are available in A2 and A3 sizes. Edition sizes vary depending on the artwork.
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Edition Details
- A3 Limited Edition of 100
- A2 Limited Edition of 100
- Printed on archival matt fine art paper
- Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
- Certificate of authenticity included
Framing
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Original paintings are typically presented on stretched canvas and do not require framing.
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Shipping
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Packaging
Limited Edition Prints
All limited edition prints are carefully packaged in protective cardboard tubes to ensure they arrive safely and in excellent condition. This method protects the artwork during transit and allows the print to be professionally framed once received.
Original Paintings
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About the Artist
Johny is a painter and founder of Gallery Midnight in Balham. His work is often described as “abstract on reality”, capturing familiar landscapes, seascapes and city scenes with expressive colour and movement. Influenced by a life spent between London, the Alps and the Caribbean, his paintings explore changing light, atmosphere and energy, inviting viewers to see well-known places in new and unexpected ways.
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