Sweeper Painting

‘Sweeper’ is an original oil painting on canvas. Size is 100 x 100cm. The canvas is 4cm deep. The painting is unframed with the edges painted a light grey. The Peace Paintings are a collection of four paintings all inspired by JMW Turner’s painting, ‘Peace - Burial at Sea’. The Collection is rich, moody and deeply atmospheric. The paintings are united by a palette of Payne’s Grey, Ochre and Warm White with variations on warmth and darkness and richness through the additions of Raw Umber, Lemon Yellow, Prussian Blue and Ultramarine Violet. ‘Sweeper’ is the palest of the four paintings and has the most white. Overall, the painting is cool in tone with blues and cool, lemon yellow adding dramatic contrast to the dark areas. Please see the close up images to see how the lightest areas are created using layers and layers of pale colours to create a shimmering, shifting light. As with all my paintings, the many rich layers of colour mean that the paintings gently change colour in different lights and at different times of day. You may wish to try a painting in different places to see how the light alters the balance of tones.