Light of the Wood Painting

"Light of the Wood" was inspired by a lovely forest close to my studio in the Peak District. My inspiration began with my walks through the beautiful Peak District where I live close to the natural world. I love every season each having it's own beauty. Autumn is full of glorious colour, like a symphony that reaches a crescendo of beauty as nature moves towards sleep The painting has colours of amber, copper, pink and gold with a mood of optimism and peaceful calm. The light falls through beautiful leaves while the delicate textures created with a palette knife create abstraction in the foreground. An original artwork, one of a kind, this painting has been created with high quality acrylic paints on deep edged canvas. I begin with observation of the place making notes and taking photographs to work from in the studio. From these beginnings I work intuitively, painting some base layers with a brush and then impasto techniques layer on layer applied with a palette knife. Harnessing optical mixing techniques employed by the impressionists and some of the methods of the old masters such as scumbling and glazing. I continue working until the painting reaches a natural conclusion. The result is a contemporary painting, which lies somewhere between abstraction and realism. The painting continues round the sides, a frame is not needed and it is ready to hang.