Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Sault landscape

sault landscape (23cm x 23cm oil on board)  David Atkinson

Not a lot to say about this - I am just trying to be as direct as possible, and get plenty of paint on the surface!

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

late evening paintings

late evening woods (100cm x 80cm oil on linen) David Atkinson 2014


Heading towards the summer solstice the days are long and the evening light very beautiful.  I have been working on a few larger paintings, just working for the last 45 minutes of daylight each evening.  As the light dies you begin to become aware of different things - some colours start to float and the filigree of lighter branches begin to appear as the interior of the woods darken.  None of them are finished yet, and I will continue going back and layering up the paint until I think they are finished (or I move on to something else).