I have put this title up as a warning to myself not to stray too far away from the subject matter. I don’t want my landscapes looking like they are made out of pink candy floss. These current paintings are an abstracted and idealised interpretation of the actual landscape but I want there to be a tautness about them. By that I mean that the essential topography is maintained, along with the connected rhythms and tensions within the landscape.
I am pleased with the way this is progressing, this is the closest I have got to the type of landscapes I am trying to make.
Across a valley, Northumberland. Day 4.