I was born into a British working-class family in Scarborough, Yorkshire. I have an elder brother and sister. We were brought up in what is now called a single-parent family. Our mother was a...
Description: The light at Ogwen is great, particularly, as any landscape painter or photographer knows, when it's a cross light as at the early or late part of the day. Such a light really reveals the form and structure of the landscape features. I hope that anyone visiting the Ogwen area could instantly spot the individual outcrop depicted here. I think it's important to treat any and all features as particularly as possible. Therefore a painted rock will be like a portrait of a specific rock, rather than a generic 'rock-y-ish' form.
Medium: Oil on panel