Exhibition piece

Exhibition piece

I have chosen to develop an  observational response to the landscape from my onsite drawing and photography visit at Formby beach. The sense of scale that experienced first hand whilst standing on the sand really stayed with me and to capture that sense of scale. I decided to explore a panoramic composition with my camera; bringing that experience of being on the beach myself to my painting. When I returned to the studio, this wide angle that I captured from on top of the sandunes enabled me to see the edge of the steep dunes, the beach itself, the sea and the sky. I have chosen to  paint in acrylic  to allow me to devlop the tactile surfaces on the piece. Here I have been attmpting to layer the surfaces with a pallette knife and brushes, for the beach in a lighter umber and added more layers with darker and lighter tints to get the right depth and tone for the beach. Again I have tried to do this with the sky and clouds, it was a very windy day with a mixture of weather fronts. Here I have experimented with ink and white paint to get a darker grey to express the feel of being at the beach yourself and the power of the weather.