Icescape

From my series of paintings created by designing the image on computer, manipulating the colours scheme and shapes, then painting that design. This painting has the unintentional look of icy mountain ranges.

“Icescape” is a crisp, geometric abstraction that suggests a frozen landscape through layered, angular planes. Cool tones of white, pale mint, and soft blue sweep diagonally across the canvas, converging toward the left and creating a sense of depth and movement.

Bands of turquoise and green anchor the composition, while a thin streak of yellow-green near the center feels like light reflecting across ice. The darker greens at the bottom add weight and contrast, evoking shadow beneath a frozen surface.

Overall, the painting feels cool, clean, and atmospheric—capturing the stillness and sharp clarity of an icy expanse.

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Have been painting in Oils for 20 years, starting off in a traditional landscape/still life style, but gradually evolving to wherever inspiration, and the paint and colour take me. I have Illustrated Children's books, working in Acrylic, however the flow, movement and deep depth of colour of Oil's are truly addictive.

My art is wide and varied, and provides me with endless joy, with the odd moment of frustration along the way. The joy of my art is that I don't put any restrictions on it. It flows, it comes from ideas, visions and sometimes just from playing with paint. The whole point of being a creative person, is to be creative, so I can't lock into a particular style and paint that style over and over. The closest I come to that are my fish paintings, but I love my fish paintings, they are so relaxing, therapeutic and never quite the same as I chase the swimming fish around the canvas.
Sometimes I will start a painting with a particular idea, or style in mind, but as soon as I apply paint to the canvas I see something happening that I simply can't resist. So the original idea is taken over by the intriguing possibilities of the unknown creation that lies ahead. Sometimes that creation is nothing special, or lost in the overworked searches for that magic painting that came from nowhere. Sometimes, that magic painting does come from nowhere, and I stand back amazed and wonder how it happened. My years of experience have taught me to trust my artistic instincts, so more often than not, I am pleased with the results.
I have no doubt that my unrestricted "style" probably works against my marketable profile, but I love the way I can paint with freedom and I cannot wait to see what I come up with next.