Unreliable memories (bathed in golden hours) Painting

Most of my work is inspired by nature. This piece was loosely inspired by the landscapes of Charnwood Forest and Derbyshire, not a specific place, more the mood of the light, the woodlands, hills and ancient rocks. I began with ink and watercolour studies made at several locations. The landscapes were often bathed in brilliant, sometimes golden, light. I’m interested in the way memory shapes an idea of a landscape. Our response to a place is filtered through whatever we are thinking about at the time we saw it. Each time we think back on that place further layers of our thoughts are added creating a personal mythology that may end up looking quite different to a photograph of that place. Therefore my work is probably more about my internal thoughts than an external view. Oil paint is applied in many thin glazes over a wooden panel. These glazes of oil paint create a translucent surface revealing subtle colour variations with prolonged viewing. There are also asemic, calligraphic-like marks representing the movement of insects. Layers of misty effects are applied over darker areas. There are areas of sanding, scraping revealing texture and colour underneath. There are also areas of paint blown delicately to make organic, semi-transparent motifs. It is signed and dated on the reverse. My main historical references are Turner and the other Sublime/Romantic artists, Monet, Bosch, the Abstract Expressionists and Japanese and Chinese landscape art. My contemporary influences are Chu Te Chun, Zao Wou-Ki, Cruz Jimenez, Darren Waterston, Ella Baudinet and Lissa Bockrath. I hope the viewer finds a sense of both peace and movement and can feel something of the precious, fragile nature of our existence and environment.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:590.6 W x 393.7 H x 1.6 D in

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