Closing in.

Hedge and Weather   Oils on gessoed 140lb paper  9 x 13 inches  

£ 280   $ 350   In a cream hand-painted wood frame.

This painting may be purchased unframed.  

Please email me for a revised price

The.weather is getting stormy and wet along the hedgerow.

An expressive study on this autumn day.

Studio Musings...

I have been emailed this week by a viewer in USA saying he loves my abstract landscapes. 

He thinks my paintings are close to crossing the line into realism.

Do I ever paint realistically?

My reply.  I could take a photograph which would come somewhere close to realism.

However, when I look at a subject I see atmosphere and a sense of place.

Realism is not for me to depict.  My aim as a painter is to make marks trying to come somewhere close to the emotional response I feel or felt at the time.

Abstracting detail and moving the oils around helps me to do this.

If I began painting realistic details I would lose the essence of my way of working.