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Colour and light in landscape art |
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I’ve always reacted strongly to the “landscape of the sky” . If I could live in it, I would. Painting it is as close as I can get.
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“The Dimming of the Day” 20x24ins. Oil on Canvas £950
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Painting the sun is an aspirational thing for me ever since I was told in my secondary school that “No artist has ever painted the sun”
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This rather global statement was followed by the more practical observation that “It’s too bright”
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This intrigued me at the time and has done ever since. After all, illustrating things that are “too bright” or “impossible to represent” has never stopped religion from doing just that, and at least we all accept that the sun exists.
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The symbolism of “light” and the sun run through every core belief of our species and make the act of painting these subjects much more than a technical exercise
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I love the idea of “painting with light” and when using oil glazes over a brilliant white underpainting, it almost feels like this is happening.
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Light for the River 20x30 £950
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These narcissus clouds were seen from Broughty Ferry long after the sunset. Of all the cloud forms narcissus clouds occur at the highest altitude, almost on the edge of space.
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