Description

White winter deer is a large wide panoramic painting of a
snowy Kentish landscape with hills, woodland and deer. It is 30x60x1.5 inches
with dark purple edges that match the colour of the trees. It is expressionist
and messy art nouveau in style. The painting shows a view through trees and
fields and patches of woodland and forest towards hills in the distance. The
colours are muted lilacs; burnt orange, blue and of course white snow with touches
of golden yellow ion the sky that shows it is snow laden. To the right, is a
roe deer stag and behind him two female deer. Over to the left, very small so
you can hardly see them, are three more deer hiding in the trees. The paint is
very thick and almost dripping off the canvas over a textured underlayer.
(Textured as it was repainted a few times which I find adds to the presence of
a painting). The painting was inspired by the views around the North Downs in
Kent close to Ide Hill where you can see a long way over gentle hills and
meadows towards the South Downs and the sea beyond them (park at postcode
TN146JG!). The painting was a challenge for me as it was painted in December
2020 when English landscapes are particularly grey and dull in colour. I was
very pleased that I managed to capture the December feeling but also manged to
bring out the best of the colours. It is on deep edge canvas, ready to hang, no
frame needed.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnMF_Y-rDaw