On a clear winter’s evening, if you stop at the parking place overlooking Uig, you get the glow of the sun on the horizon on the far left and the twinkling reflection of village lights in the bay. Like many of my ideas for paintings, this one has been wandering around my mind for some time, gradually consolidating into how to paint it. Not that this guarantees an outcome, it’s more like having a basic map that points me in a direction and what I discover when I get there ultimately determines the result.
I’m leaving the painting to dry thoroughly before deciding on final tweaks. While acrylics do dry rapidly, there are always a few thicker places that take a bit longer. There’s nothing more frustrating than wiping off a tweak you decide didn’t work after all and removing lower layers too!
Work in Progress. Size 100 x 50 cm (about 40 x 20 inches).
Gorgeous, so evocative
Thanks Rosie! That’s just the feeling I’m aiming for, so lovely to know you experience it thus.