{"id":23782,"date":"2022-12-08T12:21:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T12:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/?p=23782"},"modified":"2023-02-02T15:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T15:37:01","slug":"stephen-todd-on-the-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newbloodart.com\/blog\/stephen-todd-on-the-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Todd on the Cover of Embark by Sean O’Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I dream of how, when we are gone, the city turns 
to introspection, seeking themes and patterns 
from innumerable instances. Where to begin?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Poet Sean O\u2019Brien\u2019s latest poetry collection has just been published <\/a>by Pan Macmillan, featuring a painting by Stephen Todd <\/a>on its cover. It\u2019s the two artists\u2019 shared history with the Humber estuary that led Sean O\u2019Brien to choose it: the poet grew up in Hull, near to the estuary; for the Sheffield-based painter that water is a major source of inspiration for his land and seascapes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he turns 70 the long-standing figure in British letters, winner of the Forward and T.S. Eliot poetry prizes, has produced a collection that \u201creminds us of the enduring consolations of love, of friendship, of the freedoms and possible futures still afforded by the imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through layering marks, colours and forms using gouache, Indian ink, pastels and graphite Stephen Todd captures the superimpositions of history and its haunting spectres. He\u2019ll weave the grandeur of Greek mythology into his immediate, instinctual\u00a0perception of the Humber estuary. Compressing time zones and contrasting distances, as a painter he makes leaps of imagination that are often stunted in today\u2019s fast-paced, technologically filtered world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visit the artist’s gallery page t<\/a>o see his available work for sale. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Out of Sight (North Sea) by Stephen Todd, \u00a3320<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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New Dawn (Teignmouth, South Devon) by Stephen Todd, \u00a3500<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Social Living (Humber Estuary) by Stephen Todd, \u00a3680<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Have Your Day (New Brighton, River Mersey) by Stephen Todd, \u00a3250<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Beyond Belief (Humber Estuary) by Stephen Todd, \u00a3520<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Endless Flow (Paull and Hull Docks) by Stephen Todd, \u00a3250<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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View all available work by Stephen Todd<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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