5/8/2023 0 Comments Cicada tan![]() Once the work was installed in the library, he spent a week on a large ladder joining everything up as a fluid composition. ![]() ![]() Shaun painted the work in parts, in his backyard, relying heavily on detailed sketches to ensure continuity between the different parts. The entire project took about 3 months, painted using acrylic and oils with some collage of printed materials, fabric, coloured paper and gold leaf. Hence the title The Tea Party which nods towards Lewis Carroll, as well as being an alternative, or extended version, of the strange world that was briefly glimpsed in his picture book The Lost Thing. Shaun’s concept was that the large T-shaped area in the children’s section of the library would depict a flowing landscape with whimsical creatures strolling, swimming, flying and rowing through it, some having conversations and reading books, others breathing fire and stormy oceans, with many drinking cups of tea, made by towering tea pots. ![]()
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