Under The Sun

This expressive painting evolved organically during the painting process. What began as a quick underpainting to block in colour and form soon revealed an appealing sketch-like energy. Rather than refining the image further, the loose brushwork was embraced, allowing the painting to develop through bold, confident strokes applied freely across the canvas.

Deep blues and violets sweep across the sky in layered bands, suggesting movement and atmosphere, while lighter touches of pale turquoise and soft lavender add highlights and rhythm. Radiating outward near the centre, small blocks of warm yellow and peach create the impression of sunlight breaking through the sky. Below, broad strokes of coral and green hint at a distant landscape or horizon, grounding the composition.

The visible brushwork gives the painting its vitality. Thick, gestural marks remain clearly present, capturing the immediacy of the moment when the artist chose to follow the energy of the paint rather than refine it away. The result is a lively, spontaneous work that celebrates the freedom and movement of paint itself.

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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.