Clare Curtis

Medium: Original Screen Print

Edition Size: Limited to 75 copies

Signed and Numbered: Yes

Paper: Somerset Satin, 410gsm

Dimensions: Image size 40 cm x 60 cm, Paper Size 50 x 72 cm

Shipping: Worldwide shipping available, dispatched securely from the UK via courier. This print comes with free shipping to customers within the UK.

Framing advice: This print is sold unframed. As with all screen prints, we recommend framing with UV-blocking glass/perspex to preserve the quality and delicacy of this print.

An early frosty winter’s morning on the allotment. Colours are muted by the mist hanging in the air and the plots are bare except for the cabbages and kale creating bold shapes against the hardened soil. Yet there’s a pared-back beauty in the die-back and the dormant plants in December. The structures of the chicken wire cylinders, angular corrugated iron and the pyramid of canes with a dessicated crop of runner beans are revealed. A man heads home, a haul of Brussels sprouts for a festive dinner slung over his shoulder. He casts his eye back towards the plump Redwing, a solitary sign of life. Nature pauses, tools are packed away, but the bird’s presence reminds us that it’s only a momentary respite in the cycle of the seasons.

Fiona Cumberpatch