Rose and Willow Herb Wood

In this painting sunlight plays through beautiful leaves creating dappled light, while the shadows contrast with the bright hues inspired by wild flowers and pink Rose Bay Willow Herb. Working with a palette knife laden with acrylic, a tapestry of emotion and colour emerges, fluctuating between the realms of expressionism and impressionism. This semi-abstract forest scene invites the viewer into a serene and harmonious world, blending dream and reality, infusing your space with nature's eternal rejuvenation and the tranquillity of a woodland full of wildflowers. An original artwork, one of a kind, this painting has been created with high quality acrylic paints on deep edged canvas. I begin with observation of the place making notes and taking photographs to work from in the studio. From these beginnings I work intuitively, painting some base layers with a brush and then impasto techniques layer on layer applied with a palette knife. Harnessing optical mixing techniques employed by the impressionists and some of the methods of the old masters such as scumbling and glazing. I continue working until the painting reaches a natural conclusion. The result is a contemporary painting, which lies somewhere between abstraction and realism. The painting is on a deep edge canvas, which continues round the sides, a frame is not needed and it is ready to hang.