painting from memory, ‘Sea-land’
This painting took a while. I realise that I’m only using a fraction of what I ‘see’ in reality to spark the final paintings then allow them to develop. Although I use the occasional sketch in situ it is discarded fairly early on after I’ve transferred the ‘shape’ of the land/sea.
At either a challenging pace or to play safe with the colour and the content. there is something about that conflict which ultimately balances the work. Moving from chaos to quietness and settling somewhere in between. Of course the sea being a vast space -and in more detail, a microcosm of activity there is also the conflict between the larger picture and the details.
Later paintings may explore this, as the psychological aspects of this artistic engagement change , to reflect such a volatile element
