The winds hit heavy on the borderline II Print

This is part of a series of abstracts inspired by Beacon Hill in Leicestershire, UK. This is one of the highest points in the county and features outcrops of jagged volcanic rock. I have been visiting this place since I was a teenager. I used to go there to do photography and to play the guitar. Over the years it formed a mythical place in my mind and then I read that it had been an important place as part of a chain of beacons lit across central England for warnings or celebrations. The wind really does hit hard up there and it feels like the borderline between Leicestershire's gentle forested hills and the more spectacular peaks of Derbyshire. The painting contains many layers, sanded and scratched and worked into with palette knife to get the feel of the ancient rocks scarred by time. My main influences are Turner, Piper, Chu Teh Chun and Zao Wou Ki. I want the viewer to feel a sense of awe and peace... to simply drift across the surface and feel the movement of time on the ancient rocks. Framed with a simple but elegant white, open grain wooden, floating mount, frame with cord attached for easy hanging.