Charles Mahoney: Returning from feeding the chickens - on Art WW I

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Charles Mahoney:
Returning from feeding the chickens

Unmounted (ref: 5533)
Charcoal and watercolor on paper
12 1/2 x 18 3/4 in. (31.7 x 47.7 cm)

Tags: Charles Mahoney charcoal watercolour farms/domestic animals



Provenance: The Artist's Studio


Before settling at Wrotham in Kent, Mahoney’s landscape subjects were taken from the parts of southern England where he spent his holidays: the Cotswolds, Wiltshire and Suffolk. He also produced occasional paintings when visiting Edward Bawden and John Aldridge in Great Bardfield, Essex. After settling at Oak Cottage, excursions by Mahoney were rare although he did produce paintings whilst at Pevensey in Sussex (1958), Veryan in Cornwall (1959) and Puncknowle in Dorset (circa 1962), the latter two supported by the Artists’ General Benevolent Institution.

For drawing, Mahoney liked a textured paper, soft to the touch, such as Ingres, or still better, hand-made papers from firms such as Hayle Mill or Barcham Green. Occasionally he bought cheap sketchbooks from Woolworth’s because he found the paper so sympathetic as a surface for drawing. For his earliest drawings he used mainly B or 2B pencils, but he later preferred Black Prince or carbon pencils. He often used charcoal, adding white or red crayons to highlight drawings. Sometimes he combined these with conté crayons or pastels. For his later drawings he preferred pen and wash, taking great trouble to mix and dilute his inks until he achieved the required tone and colour. His drawing pens were either reservoir nibs in holders or else cartridge pens.


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