Late Sun Cedars Painting

This painting is inspired by the canopy of trees in the woodland where I live in the UK. I am very inspired by the effects of wooded places on natural light at different stages of day and night. The refracted light that ricochets around the trees creates wonderful, intricate patterns and shapes and the trees themselves make uniquely shaped windows to the sky in the spaces between them where the canopy opens. There is a Cedar Grove surrounded by silver birches in these woods. Here I have captured them on an autumn afternoon, edged and illuminated by blue sky and warming light. I have kept this painting very simple, retaining a sense of 'drawing in paint', because the spontaneity of gesture and mark is dynamic. These woodlands have become a primary source of inspiration for me as an artist. As a landscape painter, my direct contact and relationship with this community of trees provides a rich area to explore both visually and in a meditative sense.