Description

Nature Unleashed is a very
large oil painting on canvas of an exuberant Sussex wildflower meadow featuring
the South Downs, swallows and poppies. It is 72x48x1.5 inches. The style is
semi-abstract and art nouveau and is very vibrant and colourful. It was
inspired by walks taken in fields and woodlands around the South Downs in
summer when the wildflowers are at their best and the poppies, in particular,
stand out against the green grass and reeds. The scene shows an abundance of
flowers in the foreground and trees and fields leading off into the distance
behind them. Two barn swallows swoop over the flowers and you can see the
patterns their motion makes. Swallows are birds you see often in Sussex and
they are very much woven into the landscape of summer. The painting was made
from memory using reference phots to add small details here and there. Memory
painting tends to reflect how I felt about a place I have been to rather than ‘realistic’
details as such and I like this way of working. What I feel about an English
Sussex summer is that it is beautiful and wild and I am happy I caught this
feeling and in such a large canvas! The edges are dark green and it is ready to
hang, no frame needed. https://youtu.be/nKKclGVquGo