57. View from the Boathouse (Lake Rudyard III)
41cm high x 41cm wide
Acrylic on deep edged canvas
2014
SOLD
Exhibited at Eagle members show 3rd March– 27th March 2014Exhibited at 62nd Hertford open Exhibition 4th - 17th May 2014
We spent a week at the end of January 2014 in an English Country Cottage near Leek. We had discovered Lake Rudyard on a previous trip through the area as we found a disused railway on the opposite side of the lake which had a miniature railway running along part of it. My wife discovered “The Boathouse” which was a beautiful new building right on the edge of the lake with beautiful views from the property.
This third piece I had resisted for a while. Although this was the dominant view from the property, I feared it was too flat to be interesting enough. Utilising a canvas pre-painted in “Pacific Blue”, I also re-used my palette from a previous session to kick off with various muddy greys to block in the body of the opposite bank.
Fairly pleased with the afternoon’s work, where I have tried to capture the ethereal mauves of the view. On previous days a train from the miniature railway had been parked up while workers drilled, repairing the line. – They was no sign of this on the day I painted the scene, but numerous people wandered past, so I thought it worth adding some to add interest and scale.
Acrylic on deep edged canvas
2014
SOLD
Exhibited at Eagle members show 3rd March– 27th March 2014Exhibited at 62nd Hertford open Exhibition 4th - 17th May 2014
We spent a week at the end of January 2014 in an English Country Cottage near Leek. We had discovered Lake Rudyard on a previous trip through the area as we found a disused railway on the opposite side of the lake which had a miniature railway running along part of it. My wife discovered “The Boathouse” which was a beautiful new building right on the edge of the lake with beautiful views from the property.
This third piece I had resisted for a while. Although this was the dominant view from the property, I feared it was too flat to be interesting enough. Utilising a canvas pre-painted in “Pacific Blue”, I also re-used my palette from a previous session to kick off with various muddy greys to block in the body of the opposite bank.
Fairly pleased with the afternoon’s work, where I have tried to capture the ethereal mauves of the view. On previous days a train from the miniature railway had been parked up while workers drilled, repairing the line. – They was no sign of this on the day I painted the scene, but numerous people wandered past, so I thought it worth adding some to add interest and scale.