Dear Art Lover,
I hope you are keeping well.
Recently I’ve been working on some commissions and in between I managed to complete three new artworks.
I continue the exploration of patterns and our relationship with nature.
The third artwork revisits a popular series that showcases reflections and plays of light.
Twilight Painting
The Cloudgazers
40 cm x 30 cm x 3.8 cm acrylic on canvas, ready to hang
At the end of the day, the bog grasses catch the last of the glowing light.
It’s the blue hour, the sun has set and this special time between twilight and darkness is upon us.
The cloud gazers on the hill take a moment to commune with the wonder of the world.
Decorative Nocturne
The Stargazers
150 cm x 100 cm x 3.8 cm acrylic on canvas.
This painting is sent safely rolled in a tube and will require to be taken to a framer to be stretched.
In the silence of the night, the boat drifts gently on the water.
The couple lie back to stare at the patterns of stars that seem to go on for ever and ever.
I made this painting on a large scale in portrait format to accentuate how vast the night sky is and how small we really are.
A couple of details of the painting:
Reflections on Water
On The Banks of the Ouveze River IV
100 cm x 80 cm x 3.8 cm, acrylic on canvas, ready to hang
Today’s third painting continues exploring the reflective qualities of light in the Ouveze river not far from where I live.
I wanted to fill the painting with light and express how it bounces off the water to give it a loose abstract quality and to balance quietness with the energy of light.
A couple of details of the painting:
I’d love to hear how you respond to each of these paintings.
Hello John, thank you for this burst of exuberance and atmospheric colour in three absolutely gorgeous paintings. Each one is different and deserves close attention but at their heart what comes through is the wonder of nature and how it may be perceived by us – if we really take time to look and bathe in its beauty, as the couple in ‘Cloudgazers’ and ‘Stargazers’ do. What is fascinating is the way you have distilled the colour and shapes of the clouds and stars down to abstract shapes and patterns with great intensity of mood. The twilight hour can often be a time of calm, quiet reflection and this lovely painting captures that moment when we want to stop and just look on in wonder as the sun sets. A starry night, is a time when we can just marvel at the grandeur and scale of the universe in which we are but a tiny part. This is conjured up by the little red boat and the people in it, lying down beneath the vast expanse above. By no means least, ‘On the Banks of the Ouveze River IV’ is sheer pleasure for the eyes. I love it and the way the light dances and plays through the trees and along the surface of the water. It refracts and bursts creating a haze and all with wonderful greens and yellows with touches of pink, violet and blue which really add something special and are inspired. It is glorious. Congratulations on all three. They all look stunning, especially when viewed in the photo of the living room situation which you provide.
Hello Chris
Thank you very much for your thoughts on the paintings. I very much agree with what you say ‘if we really take the time to look’ at nature, it will reward us greatly.
It was lovely to hear that you enjoyed looking at the paintings and I read with great interest your insightful reading of them