Original artwork description:

"Bluebell Lights" comes from a beautiful forest near my home in the Peak District. The expressive brushstrokes capture the dance of light through a beautiful canopy of fresh Spring leaves, cascading warmth onto a mosaic carpet of blue forest flowers. Evoking the serenity of nature, this piece is a nostalgic view of a lovely wood, with a touch of fantasy and a sense of peace and tranquillity A beautiful reminder of this fresh time of year in the woods the colours being delicate and the scent of flowers on the air.
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 continues round the sides, a frame is not needed and it is ready to hang.

Materials used:

Acrylic Paints on deep edge canvas

Tags:

#landscape #flowers #woods #forest #floral #expressionism #trees #contemporary art #bluebells #wildflowers #impressionistic #bluebell woods #mother's day #miniature painting #gift idea