River Thames at Dawn #2 Painting

Soak up the feeling of being by the river just after dawn on a cool, misty morning. It's when the whole world seems to pause, waiting to get up. Stillness is everywhere. This was the same morning as River Thames at Dawn #1, displayed elsewhere on this site but this is a little earlier and a couple of hundred metres downstream. I had been searching for the perfect view of the Thames and, one week in November, every morning was like this. Each day I kept walking until I the sun was high and the mist burned away and eventually I found the perfect spot which showed the course of the river, the whole of the valley and how modern life was intruding on the older landscape. During that quest, I gathered enough photos, sketches and notes about colour to make maybe thirty paintings. So far, I've only made a few, of which this is one. I will do more, but only when I've headed back to refresh my memory about the colours. As with all my paintings, this is made from top quality materials - in this case professional grade oils on heavy cotton canvas. The piece is framed in ultra-slim aluminium box moulding with a tiny shadow gap. The frame is dark grey with a slight texture. It has picture cord on the back and is ready to hang.