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The significance of this moving landscape on our daily lives and emotions can’t be overestimated, and when we now spend  much more of our time indoors it is important not to shut it out of our lives to our detriment, as though these things don’t matter.

Because of the physics involved, the low angle of the sun at sunrise and sunset show the observer the greatest range of colours and tones that can be seen by human eyes. For an artist, no other subject comes close, and attempting to paint it is a massive challenge to the observational skills and the technique of a painter.

Dawn Study 6x7ins. Oil on Canvas    £70

Rain Shower - Sunset 2 10x12ins.      Sold

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Breaking Through   10x12ins.                       Sold

Red Cloud  10x11ins.                                   £250

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”

This rather global statement was followed by the more practical observation that “It’s too bright”

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.

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

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.

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.