Afternoon in Both
Afternoon in Both
Dimension : 25 inch x 20 inch
Technique : Oil on Marine Plywood
Alex goes out landscape painting 4 or 5 times a week, this is always around the local area and people always comment to me that “I saw your dad out painting the other day”. This is such a common thing for Alex you will always see a bucket of paints and a hand full of whitewashed boards in his van allowing him to stop any time if he sees something that catches his eye.
Alex paints with his heart and he paints how something feels to him not how it looks. If we think about it we go through life with a series of feelings, even when you are in a magic place it’s how it makes you feel is the overriding emotion. That said there are always other factors in our life that contribute to our emotions so it is not uncommon to see radically different styles in Alex’s work especially his landscapes.
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This painting is from the glen looking over to the east of where Alex lives.
I like it very much as it gives me the feeling of the majority of days in the highlands.
Sunny but always with a rain cloud threatening to keep you on your toes!