Another Time
Another Time (1999) was created late in the career of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham. Freedom, spontaneity, and celebration took prominence over the preceding period of careful mathematical calculation and control, as seen in her studies of natural forms. The playful composition of Another Time with its vibrant red tones and loose brushstrokes is a celebration of life with its freedom, chance, and delight. Urgent excitement was provoked by the experience of serious illness, resulting in loosened brushstrokes to aid expression, in contrast to the more controlled and harder lines of Expanding Forms. 51 this later period, the artist explains: “Now I am at the stage of urgency. My theme is celebration of life, joy, the importance of colour, form, space and texture. Brushstrokes that can be happy, risky, thin, fat, fluid and textured. Having a positive mind and constantly being aware and hopefully being allowed to live longer to increase this celebration.” (2001)
Another Time is part of a collaboration with Carol Robertson at Graal Pres in Midlothian to produce a series of screenprints which relate closely to the paintings by the artist.
