Acrylic on gesso board.
”This painting was inspired by the colours and shapes seen in my back garden.”
Dimensions: 45 x 45 cm.
About the artist:
I am drawn to how we as people shape our environment; how we carve out areas of landscape to suit our purposes, and how this sits, often uncomfortably within the natural surroundings. Where urban life meets trees and countryside, human beings and their environment rubbing shoulders. How our towns and cities sit within their environment, houses and dwellings sprawling onto the land, how farmland is cut into the hills, trees cut and planted to our whims. My recent series of paintings are inspired by the colours and sense of infiltration of harsh artificial light at dusk. At this time of day it is often hard to see what is in front of you. Eyes are tricked by the electric lights and often shapes appear which the brain is unable to make sense of. It is a time of day when it is easy to feel uncomfortable as what we can see isn't always what is there.