Thursday, October 18, 2012

Goult

Goult cemetery (10cm x 15cm)
Goult cemetery (oil on wood 25cm x 32cm)


The smaller image is a very fast small oil painting made on site, at the end of a mornings painting.  The larger image is a painting of a painting, made in the studio.  I'm not sure whether it's finished yet, as is often the case when I am in the studio.  Paintings can rumble on for months.  Painting outside I just run out of time, or it gets dark, or I get hungry - then I know I've finished.  This particular place I think is very interesting because the space is very theatrical.  It recedes in a very controlled way, giving a feeling of something mysterious, a narrative about to unfold.


5 comments:

  1. Yes, it is a truly amazing place , like what you have done.
    Syls

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    1. It is amazing, if you don't mind painting in a cemetery...which I don't!

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  2. One day I am going to have a go at that angel again...!

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    1. yes you should - but the trees are more interesting!

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  3. The angel keeps "haunting" me, as long as I can't get the face right (I'm sure Syls knows what I mean), but I do agree, the trees ARE interesting and quite surprising in that environment. Maybe next summer!

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