Powder Hills Painting by Hermione Carline

Painting: Oil, Paint, Wood on Wood.

Following a trip to China in 2018 I have created a new series of work inspired by the limestone mountains rising out of the Li and Yulong rivers in the south of the country. I am exploring themes of light and shadow, translucence and opacity, while imbuing my work with an immersive and atmospheric quality that captures the memory and feeling of places I visit. In this way I create pieces that are often abstracted but firmly rooted in the material world.

I paint directly onto a birch plywood box panel. The sides are 3.8mm deep and I brush the sides using an ‘ombre’ technique to reflect the mood and colour in the painting itself. As seen from different angles, the painting takes on a sculptural form.