Summer Skaters 2 (Hove 14.10.22) Painting

I enjoyed painting the first version of Late Summer Skaters in September, when I used oils and think I captured some of the warm hazy glow. But I wanted to experiment with a looser style and the feeling of layered light, I thought of the big brush and watery layers I had been using for my acrylic seascapes... This painting captures the feeling of the seafront promenade in my home town at the end of a hot sunny day toward the end of summer. The shared feeling of warmth and stillness, that we know must end sometime soon. But for now ... I was out skating on Hove Promenade - in Brighton and Hove, England - on 26 August 2022, a balmy summer day, and I took some photos into sun. I was looking for new theme for my painting, after series of chalk cliffs paintings. These new photos gave me a chance to explore interactions between people - the social, yet separate interactions of people who come out on the promenade to walk, to jog, to skate - to be with other people. The quality of light, the warm harmonies of orange and red and yellow, these I worked on in photoshop before making a print, which I further interpreted when drawing onto a board primed with yellow ochre.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:15.7 W x 19.7 H x 0.8 D in

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