Be Free Seascape Painting

'Be Free' Seascape is a combination of two ideas. The sky was inspired by an impressive sunset I photographed at a music event. The foreground went through a series of changes before arriving at a seascape. I liked the idea of depicting a very small white horse as a central element to add interest but not compete with the sky. I’m often inspired by album covers and subjects used in atmospheric environments, this time I was inspired by infrared photography. I found images of animals and people from the Internet and TV. After playing around with a combination of images, I had the idea of a seascape. I thought a line of trees in silhouette would make an interesting contrast to the sea, as these two elements are not normally placed together. The girl running in the waves adds a human element, like Munch I wanted to involve emotion like a ‘soul painting.’ The sea is painted in an impressionist style. Brush marks of blocks of colour are laid down in layers, leaving gaps in some of the marks in each layer, which allows the previous layers to show through. This creates a vibrant surface and allows a degree of optical mixing, as the strokes of different colours placed beside one another fuse together. I started this painting in early September 2019 and finished in mid October, in my home studio in Clarendon Park, Leicester, UK.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:12 W x 12 H x 0.8 D in

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