Accession Code: wu0383w Title: Cotswold Barn Date completed: Medium: Drawing Material: Gouache Height (mm): 240 Width (mm): 310 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Inscribed: 'Cotswold Barn' Laurence Roche Location Name: Cryfield Old Farmhouse Location Description: Location Floor: 0

In Cotswold Barn, Laurence Roche evokes a cold, isolated and uninhabited environment. He uses a palette of black and white paint which is applied in various ways: the sky is rendered as a flat, even paint layer, the foreground with a speckled paint effect. This creates a two-dimensional composition, in which the barn appears rather like a cut-out. This stylised approach adds to the unnatural, lifeless feel of this image whilst evoking an atmosphere of mystery.