80. Roadside Silhouette (Rural 5)
50cm high x 70cm wide
Acrylic on deep edged canvas (54.5cm x 74,5cm framed)
2015
£250
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Urban and Rural" Sat 19th - Saturday 26th September 2015
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Members Christmas Show" Monday 30th November - Thursday 24th December 2015
Exhibited at the Hertford Open 2016 Sunday 1st - Saturday 14th May 2016
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "40 for 40 "Mon 23rd October - Thursday 16th November 2017
Exhibited at "Art in the Nave", Hemel Hempstead Friday 8th June - Sunday 10th June 2018
Exhibited at "Autumn Open", The Workhouse, Dunstable, Tue 17th September - Sat 12th October 2019
Exhibited at Eagle Gallery "Members' Show" Monday 25th Nov - Tuesday 24th December 2019
Exhibited at Optimis Offices Bedford, June - September 2021
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery 'Five Ways' Sat 19th - Sat 26th November 2022
Exhibited at Members' show, Eagle Gallery, Sat 7th June - Thursday 10th July 2025at members' 20th anniversary show ,7th June - 10th July 2025, 20 St. Peter's Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 2NN
This was based on a photo taken out of my car window in an interminable traffic jam along a country road. The light was disappearing but these roadside trees retained a strong presence indifferent to the angry traffic beneath. I love the graphic image the branch shapes create; and the main issue in transcribing this piece into paint is how monochromatic to make the darkness. The danger was flatness, and OK I could have relied on the silhouette to communicate the drama, but I chose a hint of undergrowth. I did have other reference images from “The queue from hell” so I had a sense of the green grassy bits etc but I didn’t want to distract from the branch patterns.
As a painting it was a case of completing the sky and dark foliage first, then tracing some key tree branches/trunks on – mixing the appropriate colour (and lots of it) and then detailing up areas created by the larger branches with the use of a rigger brush. Had to do some slight repair work to a bit of the right hand side sky – which isn’t always a great idea – but I think I got away with it.
Overall very pleased with this piece – hopefully it communicates those heavy overbearing trees and is not just pretty shapes.
Acrylic on deep edged canvas (54.5cm x 74,5cm framed)
2015
£250
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Urban and Rural" Sat 19th - Saturday 26th September 2015
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "Members Christmas Show" Monday 30th November - Thursday 24th December 2015
Exhibited at the Hertford Open 2016 Sunday 1st - Saturday 14th May 2016
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery "40 for 40 "Mon 23rd October - Thursday 16th November 2017
Exhibited at "Art in the Nave", Hemel Hempstead Friday 8th June - Sunday 10th June 2018
Exhibited at "Autumn Open", The Workhouse, Dunstable, Tue 17th September - Sat 12th October 2019
Exhibited at Eagle Gallery "Members' Show" Monday 25th Nov - Tuesday 24th December 2019
Exhibited at Optimis Offices Bedford, June - September 2021
Exhibited at the Eagle Gallery 'Five Ways' Sat 19th - Sat 26th November 2022
Exhibited at Members' show, Eagle Gallery, Sat 7th June - Thursday 10th July 2025at members' 20th anniversary show ,7th June - 10th July 2025, 20 St. Peter's Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK40 2NN
This was based on a photo taken out of my car window in an interminable traffic jam along a country road. The light was disappearing but these roadside trees retained a strong presence indifferent to the angry traffic beneath. I love the graphic image the branch shapes create; and the main issue in transcribing this piece into paint is how monochromatic to make the darkness. The danger was flatness, and OK I could have relied on the silhouette to communicate the drama, but I chose a hint of undergrowth. I did have other reference images from “The queue from hell” so I had a sense of the green grassy bits etc but I didn’t want to distract from the branch patterns.
As a painting it was a case of completing the sky and dark foliage first, then tracing some key tree branches/trunks on – mixing the appropriate colour (and lots of it) and then detailing up areas created by the larger branches with the use of a rigger brush. Had to do some slight repair work to a bit of the right hand side sky – which isn’t always a great idea – but I think I got away with it.
Overall very pleased with this piece – hopefully it communicates those heavy overbearing trees and is not just pretty shapes.