102. The Tree in the Distance
Interactive Acrylic on deep edged canvas
200mm x 500 mm
SOLD
Exhibited at the "Environmental" themed show, Eagle Gallery Sat 3rd Feb - The 1st March 2018
Exhibited at The 66th Hertford Open, Cowbridge Halls, Hertford Sun 6th May - Saturday 19th May 2018
Exhibited at Six Eagle Gallery artists' exhibition, Cottage Farm Nurseries, 312 Cople Road, Cardington, May 27-28, June 2-3 and 9-10. 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery “Xmas Show” 21st– 24th December 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery members' Show, 7th January - 2nd February 2019
Exhibited at "The Butterfly and St. Paul's", Eagle Gallery, Sat 11th - Sat 18th May 2019
So on completion of the previous painting (101 Environmental) I realised I had a couple of weeks before the opening of “Environmental” the new themed show at the Eagle Gallery. Unusually for a themed show, we were allowed two pictures (as long as neither was too large), so I decided to undertake a new one.
Now my previous missive about painting 101 (sound ominous in itself) was how I felt the need to associate myself with the theme. Now having got that out my system, creating a new piece, which is “just a landscape”, felt an acceptable answer to the brief. So artist and hypocrite eh? Honestly, I won’t lose sleep over this.
The image is based on one of my wife’s photos taken from the car window. Luckily the core elements were far enough away to avoid motion blur that is common with these types of photos. The chosen shot is one of a series, where potential compositions could have been “Blurry Bush going past” and “Tree slipping below the horizon”. One of the half tree versions looked quite good with the white clouds directly behind the tree element, with the tree more classically paced to the left of the scene. I preferred catching the full tree, but the idea of a disappearing tree sort of stuck with me when I originally thought of titling the piece “Skyscape with land and a bit of tree”. Viewing the completed piece propped near the telly over an evening lead me to revise it to “The tree in the distance” as the tree is ultimately the subject.
As a deep edged canvas I painted the edges with a continuation of the scene. Of course the practical issue of how to prop it up when you want to paint the edge was solved by doing the piece in separate sessions with drying time in-between. I masking taped the skyline so that I could splash around my paints in the sky area using home decorating brushes, Script brush and everything in-between. I did the reverse for the grass, using a more refined painting technique. Finally the script brush proved essential for the tree and horizon detail.
One of the issues of masking was that the exact position of the line gets lost and I had to readdress the interaction of the two spaces once the masking tape had gone. The curve of the land is to me an important element, and a smooth curve had to be ensured as well.
I am very pleased with this one. (It is signed – but on the side)
200mm x 500 mm
SOLD
Exhibited at the "Environmental" themed show, Eagle Gallery Sat 3rd Feb - The 1st March 2018
Exhibited at The 66th Hertford Open, Cowbridge Halls, Hertford Sun 6th May - Saturday 19th May 2018
Exhibited at Six Eagle Gallery artists' exhibition, Cottage Farm Nurseries, 312 Cople Road, Cardington, May 27-28, June 2-3 and 9-10. 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery “Xmas Show” 21st– 24th December 2018
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery members' Show, 7th January - 2nd February 2019
Exhibited at "The Butterfly and St. Paul's", Eagle Gallery, Sat 11th - Sat 18th May 2019
So on completion of the previous painting (101 Environmental) I realised I had a couple of weeks before the opening of “Environmental” the new themed show at the Eagle Gallery. Unusually for a themed show, we were allowed two pictures (as long as neither was too large), so I decided to undertake a new one.
Now my previous missive about painting 101 (sound ominous in itself) was how I felt the need to associate myself with the theme. Now having got that out my system, creating a new piece, which is “just a landscape”, felt an acceptable answer to the brief. So artist and hypocrite eh? Honestly, I won’t lose sleep over this.
The image is based on one of my wife’s photos taken from the car window. Luckily the core elements were far enough away to avoid motion blur that is common with these types of photos. The chosen shot is one of a series, where potential compositions could have been “Blurry Bush going past” and “Tree slipping below the horizon”. One of the half tree versions looked quite good with the white clouds directly behind the tree element, with the tree more classically paced to the left of the scene. I preferred catching the full tree, but the idea of a disappearing tree sort of stuck with me when I originally thought of titling the piece “Skyscape with land and a bit of tree”. Viewing the completed piece propped near the telly over an evening lead me to revise it to “The tree in the distance” as the tree is ultimately the subject.
As a deep edged canvas I painted the edges with a continuation of the scene. Of course the practical issue of how to prop it up when you want to paint the edge was solved by doing the piece in separate sessions with drying time in-between. I masking taped the skyline so that I could splash around my paints in the sky area using home decorating brushes, Script brush and everything in-between. I did the reverse for the grass, using a more refined painting technique. Finally the script brush proved essential for the tree and horizon detail.
One of the issues of masking was that the exact position of the line gets lost and I had to readdress the interaction of the two spaces once the masking tape had gone. The curve of the land is to me an important element, and a smooth curve had to be ensured as well.
I am very pleased with this one. (It is signed – but on the side)