{"product_id":"darren-reid","title":"Darren Reid - The Way Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Medium \/ Year \/ Dimensions]\u003cbr\u003eSigned on verso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarren Reid (b. 1971, Derbyshire) is a self-taught painter whose intricately detailed landscapes find beauty in the overlooked. Working in acrylic with extraordinary fine brushwork, each painting takes around 250 hours to complete. Reid is drawn to quieter, less-expected subjects — empty roads, the British countryside, stretches of California — treating each as a place that simply says 'paint me'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis compositions are never direct copies of photographs. Working from his own references, he invents and adjusts: removing elements, rethinking perspective, building towards a final image that captures something felt rather than simply seen. He describes his practice as 'self-teaching' rather than self-taught — an ongoing process of discovery rather than a finished education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReid was shortlisted for the John Ruskin Prize in 2014 and shown as part of the V\u0026amp;A's \u003cem\u003eRecording Britain\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition that same year. He is represented by JD Malat Gallery in Mayfair and Plus One Gallery in London. His work is held in private collections across the UK, Europe and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Way Home\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to Reid's ongoing series of British landscapes — scenes that might be passed without a second glance, slowed down and made permanent in paint. The title carries a quiet emotional pull: the sense of return, of familiarity, of somewhere known and deeply felt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58139551727990,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Remove_background_project_-_27_June_2026_at_16.33.01.png?v=1782586924","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/darren-reid","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}