CLOSE TO THE EDGE ORIGINAL PAINTING 1971 MEDIUM Ink and Watercolour on Board Measurements, approximately 24”x 12” Please direct any enquiries about this painting by using the CONTACT form. The pathway on the right connects land with a lake that has apparently no source on the plateau of a mountain. Apparently floating above the watery mists of endlessly falling water. This painting became the inner sleeve for Yes’s album, of the same name. CLOSE TO THE EDGE ll HANDFINISHED PRINT This is the second in a sequence of paintings based on the theme of the overflowing lake. As a student I went climbing all over Scotland and North Wales but I made one trip to the Lake District and climbed a small mountain, strangely called “Haystacks” and there right on the summit was a tiny lake called tarn. It amazed me it was clearly a permanent feature but equally clear was the fact that there was no source to replenish it apart from rain. It was however the source and inspiration for the painting. The original painting was made for the Yes album of the same name. HANDFINISHED BY THE ARTIST Prints hand finished and embellished by the artist, typically in editions of 50. In 1997 when I made the first silkscreen print of "Tales From Topographic Oceans, I was asked to paint, as well as draw, remarque's on the print. Test pieces were made on 638gsm Heavy Waterford Watercolour paper. The paper did not buckle or distort when worked upon. I let the image and instinct define what I would do and after a while I realised that I had two distinct approaches. With, for example, "Dragon at Dawn" or "Pathways" I worked with transparent paints to bring our the vivedness of the colour in the Dragon and in the foreground spiral in, "Pathways" this degree of enhancement reinforced the three dimensional effect. In addition to the over painting, I added other features. For example, on the, "Close to the Edge" print I often painted extra trees in the foreground, or extra rock forms on, "Electric Sheep". These hand painted enhancements were my response to the image and the moment and are unique to each print but I have also been asked to paint special features and a number of commissions have been completed. All such additional work would be discussed and agreed.