After reading Dark Sister by Graham Joyce, not to mention Some Kind Of Fairytale, Tales For a Dark Evening, Silent Land and The Tooth Fairy, by the same author, I wanted to go back to painting landscapes, especially woodland. What I really want to do is to suggest something of the magic that you feel in the woods at certain times of the day, when you are alone. I don't know if I am having a great deal of success with this, but I am enjoying leaving the built-up areas alone for a while. It's also getting me out of the house more, which is exactly what I need.
This painting is smaller than I have worked on for some time, and just as scaling-up presents challenges, so does scaling down. I have struggled with this, and interestingly I found myself tightening back up, adding details that on reflection I'm not sure I needed to add. I'm tempted to redo this painting, but on a bigger scale, and much looser in style.
We'll see..
The Path, Yearsley Woods.
Oil on Board
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Nice series! How the redo is going? It would be nice to see that also.
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I love the colors you use in your paintings...the woods are enticing, aren't they? Glad I found your blog. If I were a landscape painter, I would want to be able to paint like you. Greetings from Wichita, Kansas USA!
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