Norwich Thorpe - Signal Box

Textured oil on hard board.
Titled verso.

Barry Newis follows in the British tradition of impasto painting, exemplified by artists such as Bomberg, Kossoff and Auerbach. His use of paint however is his own, working three-dimensionally, adding or removing layers of paint to imbue the landscape with a tangible sense of physical structure.

The image depicts the Norwich Thorpe signal box at Norwich Thorpe Station.