Oil on Board, 13 x 12 inches
I've been wanting to paint this subject from a
photo I took a while back at Brancaster Staithe in Norfolk. I liked the
composition, peering over the saltwater-weathered posts and along the little
creek to the T-junction, with a triangle of boats and one of the
local fishermen walking out to the mussel beds. Strong sunlight, low in the
winter sky, lit up the edges of the boats and posts and the mud in the left
foreground.
I enjoyed describing the mud with a lot of
palette-knife work over the top of tacky paint, which is where fast-drying Alkyd
Oils come into their own. Lovely effects can be achieved, gliding the very
loosely held knife across the underlayer, sometimes dark over light and
other times light over dark to get that gorgeous glistening mud
look.
I'm also entering this one for the RSMA exhibition via the new digital pre-submission, where your work is judged to be suitable for inclusion in the final viewing for acceptance next month.
As they say in Yorkshire (but not Norfolk) - a right stonker. In Lincs we say it's a belter. An Australian would say it's a real beaut, fair dinkum.
ReplyDeleteThe exhibition at the church the other week was pretty good too!
Andrew
Thanks Andrew. DC once said that a painting of mine he particularly liked was a wanger, or at least I think that's what he said......
DeleteDid Karen get her paintings past him into the Docaster exhibition?
In Norfolk, of course, they would say it's bootiful...
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