Snowstorm I Painting

Inspiration: Turner – ‘Snowstorm - Steamboat off a Harbour Mouth’ (1842), Oil on canvas Turner was reported to have said " I did not paint it to be understood, but I wished to show what such a scene was like ….." John Ruskin When I paint I also paint from feelings, experience & memories. I sail having helmed yachts through storms, this painting encapsulates for me the feeling I have experienced when visibility is challenging and the utter respect one must hold for nature as you are at its mercy. I often use the vibrant pyrole red as an under paint to help create an energy and vibrancy, creating a tension between the red and the more earthy umbers’ and greys. My approach to this painting has been to apply multiple layers paint, once I feel it’s starting to become a little tight in structure, I throw lots of water at the canvas to soften and loosen both blocks of colour and brush strokes. Hence the drips and looser feel to this painting represents that submission to nature, so a calmness within wildness.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:32.7 W x 32.7 H x 1.6 D in

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