Landscape Painting
I began painting landscapes in Italy some 30 years ago, and have carried on with this in South Wales, where I have lived since 1982. I work both in the parks of Cardiff and in the nearby Valleys. I paint these entirely on location and I work through close, prolonged and searching observation, and a gradual, cumulative depiction. I seek to explore the encounter between the energies of growth and light, the constantly changing configurations of colour and surface seen in landscape.
Light, (usually direct sunlight) is always a dominant element, and my painting routine is structured around light. I choose very particular states of light, which recur at certain times of the day and year, and I am fascinated by the ways in which light and shadow can spread across a surface, dissolving, concealing, revealing or emphasising its features. I usually work in acrylic, building up the work slowly, delicately and gradually over a long period of time, often applying it in liquid form with a small stick, building up the image by means of a great number of small coloured marks.
These paintings celebrate my delight in painting, as well as being out of doors in all seasons, responding directly and closely to the changing states and moods of nature.
Light, (usually direct sunlight) is always a dominant element, and my painting routine is structured around light. I choose very particular states of light, which recur at certain times of the day and year, and I am fascinated by the ways in which light and shadow can spread across a surface, dissolving, concealing, revealing or emphasising its features. I usually work in acrylic, building up the work slowly, delicately and gradually over a long period of time, often applying it in liquid form with a small stick, building up the image by means of a great number of small coloured marks.
These paintings celebrate my delight in painting, as well as being out of doors in all seasons, responding directly and closely to the changing states and moods of nature.
spring in roath park 19 x 14" acrylic on paper
al mulino di rossetto 20 x 20" acrylic on paper
earth, roots, rocks, morning light 16 x 22" acrylic on paper
roath park autumn 1 22 x 15" acrylic on paper
japanese acer in roath park 20 x 15" acrylic on paper
la pesciola, morning 30 x 20" acrylic on paper
la pesciola from il colletto 38 x 24" acrylic on paper
view of treharris 30 x 19" watercolour
il ceregiolo, evening 28 x 18" watercolour
il ceregiolo, morning 29 x 22" acrylic on paper
la chiesa vecchia 34 x 25" acrylic on paper
view of pontypridd 22 x 17" acrylic on paper
