Summer Enchantment Acrylic

"Summer Enchantment" was inspired by a lovely forest near my studio in the Peak District where sunlight filters through the trees creating shadows over the forest floor. The painting suggests bluebells and wildflowers with an iridescent effect created by the textures and bright shimmering colours applied in delicate layers. Summer is such beautiful time of year and the painting expresses the woods full of fresh new leaves and forest flowers.
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.