Promise of Spring
10.5" x 7.5"
Oil on Panel
Framed
£210
There are times when I am working that a painting takes on a
life of its own - This painting being a case in point. It began as a study for
a much larger and wider landscape shaped piece with daffodils running across
the picture plane. I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do in the bigger
composition. However I thought it prudent to do a study first to explore how I
would overcome any difficulties prior to committing to the final painting.
As this portion of the larger composition involved 5
different textures; Glass, Enamel, pottery, flowers and fruit and the challenging
stripes on the Cornishware I felt that it was the trickiest section and
accordingly best for the study.
I fiddled a fair bit (as I do) with the composition and
drafted it out returning the next day to paint it. I knew what colours I was going
to use on my palette and was reasonably confident that these would maintain harmony
across the yellows blues and orange. From there on in it was one of those days
where a painter gets sort of lost in their work. You suddenly realise that the
music you have been listening to finished some while ago, you have gone way past
your break for a cuppa and the study has turned into a painting.
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