For Open Studios this year I wanted to add some more colourful work into my collection. I haven't painted with oils for a while and thought it would give my fingers a rest from the intensive pressure that's involved with making and printing drypoints.
We had a two week trip around Scotland at the end of May, so it was an ideal opportunity to sketch and gather inspiration for this new work. I haven't been to the Highlands since I was about 14 and I hoped it was going to be as good I remembered...in fact it was even better. I'd forgotten just how magnificent the mountains, lochs, valleys and views really are. It was stunning, and also rather a daunting prospect; how to capture what we were seeing? I decided not to do straight forward representations of the landscape, but rather to work from memory and my sketches when I got back to the studio.
I'm really pleased with the, especially how they contrast with the ones of the Fens and also other 'memories' of places, from Yorkshire to Cornwall.
Hi, just bought the three oil paintings of the Highlands. Great work... haunting, capturing the mood of the area really well. Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, that's great to hear. I'm really pleased they have gone to the same home as I think they worked really well together as a set of three. Let me know if you'd like any more details about the inspiration behind the pieces. Alison
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