Commissioned Animation Sequence for Fine Artist - Anne Rothenstein

The animated gif is a moving version of the oil on wood panel works by painter Anne Rotheinstein entitled Red Figure and Reflection, created as an e-vite for an exhibition at Beaux Arts Gallery in 2019. Anne spent a rare summer in London where she walked daily through Hyde Park. “There was this extraordinary heat that summer turning the grassy meadows yellow and the posh ponds green, the painting gradually appeared.” The animation aims to capture the essence of the painting comprising of a series of handmade images pieced together to maintain the organic, natural feel of the piece. The pace of the animation is slow mimicking an afternoon stroll through Hyde park under the hot crimson sun. The figure in the painting pauses at the pond to contemplate life a rippling, sparkling image reflected back at them.