"And if I hadn't come now to the coast to disappear, I may have died in a landslide of rocks and hopes and fears"

‘Swim Until You Can’t See Land’ inspired by Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit’s song of the same title was the first painting to sell on the opening night of my very first commercial gallery exhibition. This art piece here is the digital interpretation of the original painting. The 2010 painting was unlike any of my others that were accompanying it on the gallery walls, which were all much lighter and colourful. Yet someone connected with it so much so that they had to buy it. There was something special about the painting from the beginning.

If the story ended there, I’d be happy. I wish it did end there.

I could go into great lengths about how my interpretation of Scott Hutchison’s lyrics influenced the making of the painting; the palette I used and why, the lyrics scratched onto the surface, or the sand and pieces of collage incorporated into it. I could talk in detail about the music 'All That Remains' that I chose to accompany this digital piece and how this in turn affected the making of the animation. I could discuss how I feel the two artworks, the painting and the video, speak to me independently but how when understood and experienced ‘as one’ they’re even more powerful.

But I’ve said enough. I’m not a writer, I'm a painter, and the end of the day the artwork should speak for itself.

To find out more about the artwork and the story behind it visit my blog https://www.trevorjonesart.com/blog/all-that-remains

Song: All That Remains Purchased from promusicpack.com