Don’t be impressed, my French is so poor that I had to google the spelling as my attempt at it was woefully inadequate. The effect of a strong sun directly in front of me and behind a big bank of clouds is creating quite a powerful image. I am quite happy with the state of the cloud formation but I think I will do a little more work on it. This green mist hanging in the valleys is starting to come through as well. Though I am sure it is green due to some distortion in the photographic process. This is what I like about using photographs, it complements my style, in that things are flattened and distorted and there are often colour shifts. I like the fact that these paintings look artificial, in fact its one of the elements of landscape painting that fascinates me. The more I look at the landscape the more odd it appears with all its random and fantastical shapes.
Cartington, cloudburst. Day 2