‘A shift’
This small collection of paintings signified a real shift in my art process.
I began to use different tools to apply oil paint as well as exploring how imprinting a variety of materials into the thick cold wax could create different surface textures. My focus became less about representing a particular place, but more about how I was feeling whilst painting it.
This collection is also a reminder of the major shift that happened in our lives at this time, where the world was in a pandemic and we had to get used to a lot of changes to what we had always deemed as ‘normal’.
During the limitations of lockdown I took my daily walks across the fields to my favourite tree, a dependable source of happiness that welcomed me like an old friend.
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Original painting in oil and cold wax on cradled wooden panel
‘Nature.... Is the way out of the prison of our minds' - Eckhart Tolle
Due to the restrictions to travel during the lockdown it forced me to 'resee' what was around me locally. I began to appreciate the patterns in the ploughed fields, how the hedgerows divided up the land into shapes and new paths wound through the landscape. The patterns and textures really sung out to me and all created a peacefulness and joy that I wanted to create.
UV varnished
Order framed or unframed
Unframed is 30 x 30cm. The sides are painted black . £110
Framed is 34 x 34 cm in a cream tray frame. It will come ready to hang, strung and screwed in place. £145
Original painting in oil and cold wax on cradled wooden panel
‘May your heartbeat match the heartbeat of the universe, match your nature with Nature' - Joseph Campbell
This is my favourite tree that I always walk towards up a muddy track with my best buddy, Buster my dog. It welcomes me each day like an old friend. Whilst everything seems to be spinning out of control this tree, and the surrounding nature, moves at it's own pace, unaffected by the news, reminding me to breathe and reset myself to the same calming beat.
Order framed or unframed
Unframed is 30 x 30cm. The sides are painted black with a picture mount screwed into the back so it is ready to hang.
Framed is 34 x 34 cm in a cream tray frame. Please allow an extra 14 days if ordering framed.
Original painting in oil and cold wax on deep edged canvas
‘I go to nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in order' - John Burroughs
Daily walks, with my dog Buster, during the first lockdown in 2020 would always reset my equilibrium. I was always drawn to these trees on the side of the hill where I could quieten the noise of my mind's worries.
Unframed is 30 x 30 x 3.5cm. The sides are painted black with a picture mount screwed into the back so it is ready to hang.