Spine[Less]: Limited Edition Book Art

Description

An Original shelf portrait painting of the Portico Library spineless books. A special collaboration between Roo Waterhouse and the Portico Library, Manchester, producing two oil paintings inspired by the Library’s 19th-century collection.

25% of the sale price going to the Portico Library Adopt-a-book programme.

This image is a detail of one of my original ‘Shelf-Portrait’ oil paintings ‘Spine[Less]’ available for sale here.

• Limited Edition Fine Art print on 280g Fine Art paper
• Numbered out of an edition of 100
• Signed and numbered under the image by the artist
• with a certificate of authentication on the back
• Backed and Mounted
• If in stock: shipped in 2 to 3 working days
• On back order: printed and shipped in 10-14 working days

The printed image measures 30 x 60 cm.
Total size including window mount approx 35 x 70 cm
Frame not included

I love painting the details of the scuffed corners and worn edges – the evidence that these books have been well loved, playing their parts in peoples life stories….

I feel privileged to be able to do what I love for a living, and to have others appreciate it. My book art work brings together my loves of painting, typography and books. I love to paint Bespoke Shelf Portrait paintings: clients gather their favourite editions together for me to paint. As I paint, a picture of their lives and loves grows across the canvas, across the shelf. Which books would you choose for your Shelf Portrait?

Find out more about my bespoke paintings here