Storm III Painting

Storm III is part of a series of paintings completed in 2018. My goal is to 'find not make' a painting - I think of painting as framing light, like sunlight touching a green hill framed by the almost black of storm clouds behind. I strive to get the contrast just right, to give an impression of light fighting its way to the eye. I am inspired by wild weather systems, storm clouds, rain and wind, by big skies and the miles of views across Bodmin Moor - my home.. All of my paintings are about my personal connection with the landscape within which I make my home. With environmental disasters unfolding all around us I ask the question 'what does home mean? In this precariously balanced time do we feel a sense of urgency in our connection to a particular place? I feel a sharpening of the longing for 'home' and I know that it is seeping through in my paintings.