Lonely House, Yorkshire Moors
Painting, Oil on Wood
20.3 W x 20.3 H x 0.5 D cm
Illustrative framing suggestions only
Ships in a Box
This circular oil painting on board, 'Lonely House, Yorkshire Moors,' is a piece that evolved over several weeks. It began as a more impressionistic rendering of the scene, but through a deliberate process of overlaying paint, layer upon layer, and applying coloured varnishes, I sought to transcribe a profound sense of lonely solitude.
The house itself, much like in many artistic traditions I admire, becomes a metaphor for the human psyche. Its appearance is set against a sky that holds the lingering blue of a summer's day, even as evening begins to descend. This specific quality of light, where the daytime blue persists and silhouettes the forms before it, renders the house and the distant, obscured landscape with a particular poignancy.
This interplay of light and atmosphere often brings to my mind René Magritte's 'The Dominion of Light' (L'Empire des lumières), particularly the 1954 version. While my work does not consciously emulate Magritte's style, the colouration and the unsettling ambiguity between night and day resonate with me. The luminous glow from the house against the fading daylight in my painting evokes a similar surreal quality, questioning the precise moment in time. This imbalance, this suspension between night and day, is central to the painting's atmosphere, aiming to capture a feeling as much as a specific scene.
Painting, Oil on Wood
20.3 W x 20.3 H x 0.5 D cm
Illustrative framing suggestions only
Ships in a Box
This circular oil painting on board, 'Lonely House, Yorkshire Moors,' is a piece that evolved over several weeks. It began as a more impressionistic rendering of the scene, but through a deliberate process of overlaying paint, layer upon layer, and applying coloured varnishes, I sought to transcribe a profound sense of lonely solitude.
The house itself, much like in many artistic traditions I admire, becomes a metaphor for the human psyche. Its appearance is set against a sky that holds the lingering blue of a summer's day, even as evening begins to descend. This specific quality of light, where the daytime blue persists and silhouettes the forms before it, renders the house and the distant, obscured landscape with a particular poignancy.
This interplay of light and atmosphere often brings to my mind René Magritte's 'The Dominion of Light' (L'Empire des lumières), particularly the 1954 version. While my work does not consciously emulate Magritte's style, the colouration and the unsettling ambiguity between night and day resonate with me. The luminous glow from the house against the fading daylight in my painting evokes a similar surreal quality, questioning the precise moment in time. This imbalance, this suspension between night and day, is central to the painting's atmosphere, aiming to capture a feeling as much as a specific scene.
Painting, Oil on Wood
20.3 W x 20.3 H x 0.5 D cm
Illustrative framing suggestions only
Ships in a Box
This circular oil painting on board, 'Lonely House, Yorkshire Moors,' is a piece that evolved over several weeks. It began as a more impressionistic rendering of the scene, but through a deliberate process of overlaying paint, layer upon layer, and applying coloured varnishes, I sought to transcribe a profound sense of lonely solitude.
The house itself, much like in many artistic traditions I admire, becomes a metaphor for the human psyche. Its appearance is set against a sky that holds the lingering blue of a summer's day, even as evening begins to descend. This specific quality of light, where the daytime blue persists and silhouettes the forms before it, renders the house and the distant, obscured landscape with a particular poignancy.
This interplay of light and atmosphere often brings to my mind René Magritte's 'The Dominion of Light' (L'Empire des lumières), particularly the 1954 version. While my work does not consciously emulate Magritte's style, the colouration and the unsettling ambiguity between night and day resonate with me. The luminous glow from the house against the fading daylight in my painting evokes a similar surreal quality, questioning the precise moment in time. This imbalance, this suspension between night and day, is central to the painting's atmosphere, aiming to capture a feeling as much as a specific scene.