Welcome to the art of the Stratfordian, sometimes described as Outsider art or even Naive art, the art of the Stratfordian (Ian F Harris), is home to original abstract and modern paintings created in acrylic, oil, and/or mixed media.
Whatever way you want to describe it, my work grows from a place of curiosity and form in ways that feel open, expressive, and full of unexpected moments.
For me painting is a conversation between what is planned and what appears unexpectedly. I create abstract and modern pieces that invite reflection, offering colour, texture, and shape as a way into something more felt than fixed.
I offer everything for sale, so if you like something please emailmeHERE for further instructions (delivery options etc).
Please do the same if you have questions and I’ll get back to you asap.
PLEASE NOTE: As I believe that a frame can change the very nature of a painting, it is in my view a personal choice (to frame or not to frame) and not necessarily that of the artist. Therefore, all of my work is naked, (without a frame).
Ian
‘Sid’. Acrylic on 12″ x 16″ canvas. £150. The infamous Sid Vicious from the sex pistols, whose ugly persona and eventually his deeds, actually, in my view revealed a very sad man/boy who was basically, lost.
‘The transportation of Americans across the River Avon-Stratford upon Avon‘. (revised). Oil on 16″ x 20″ canvas. £250. Representative of a lost nation. Once looked up to but now the subject of disbelief. Moved around like broken chess pieces at the whim of a madman. In short, ‘Slaves’.
‘Wallpaper based on the volcanic debris on the island of Grand Canaria’. Acrylic on 12″ x 16″ canvas. £150.
‘Eden’. Acrylic on 16″ x 20″ canvas. For sale. £250. Trees amaze me. I am over-awed by their strength, their longevity and their ability to survive the ravages of man.
‘Three trees’. Mixed media on 12″ x 16″ canvas. £150. Three trees spotted on my way home. (See above also).
‘Scary monsters’ Mixed media on 12″ x 12″ canvas board. £60. Based around the different personas of David Bowie.
‘Relaxing in the garden of tranquillity’. Mixed media (Acrylic & Oil) on 12″ x 16″ canvas. £150. The world transformed, harmed and ignored…by guess who?
‘Breaking through’. Acrylic on 16″ x 20″ canvas. £250. There is always the light…
