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‘Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui’

4. 'Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui', Acrylic & Pastel,80 x 80 cm, RP £1750

‘Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui’

‘Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui’, Acrylic & Pastel, 80 x 80 cm,
Price: £1750

I created this painting a few years ago after an exhilarating winter day climbing this hill. The painting has gone through three different stages since I first did it and it is now finally fully finished.

The painting, done in acrylic and pastel, is one of ten pieces I’ve just delivered to The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle upon Tyne for their forth coming “Winter Exhibition”. If you are in the area or fancy a very pleasant day out, do pop in to see the show. The exhibition previews on November 13th 2015 and runs until the end of February 2016.

OPEN DAILY | FREE ADMISSION
Location: The Biscuit Factory Gallery, Stoddart Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1AN
Tel: 0191 261 1103

‘Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui’

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‘Snow shower below the east ridge of Ben Lui’

‘Snow shower, below the east ridge of Ben Lui’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2012, 80 x 80 cm

I thought I’d use this winter scene as the artwork of the week this week seeing as it was very cold when I left the studio this afternoon.  It was 3C, blowing a gale and the heavy rain was turning to sleet …..I guess up on the mountains it must have been white and wild!

This painting which is currently in my studio, was based on one of our visits to Ben Lui a number of years ago.  This original 80 x 80 cm painting costs £1250 but it is also available as a high quality reproduction ….see the ‘Buy prints’ section at the top of this page and follow the link.

If the gales calm down over the Christmas week I’m hoping that we might be able to get out for a walk in the hills …and perhaps the snow.  Anyway, however you spend your Christmas break, do have a great  time.

 

‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui’

'Below the east ridge of Ben Lui'

‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui’, Acrylic & Pastel, 2012, 80 x 80 cm

I don’t normally show the same painting here two weeks running, but I thought it’d be interesting to show how this painting has developed since last week.  There are no great changes, but I’ve worked into it with pastels and have tried to give the surface slightly more depth.  The painting probably still needs some more work doing to it but I may wait a while.  Sometimes the sitting and looking and thinking is just as important as the actual painting part of the process….that’s why I have a rocking chair in my studio!  That’s my excuse anyway!

Work in progress, ‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui’

'Below the east ridge of Ben Lui, Winter' (Work in progress)

‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui, Winter’ (Work in progress)

Work in progress, ‘Below the east ridge of Ben Lui’, Acrylic & Pastel, 80 x 80 cm

This is the latest stage of a new 80 x 80 cm acrylic & pastel piece I’m working on.  It isn’t a great photo either …just one that I snapped to record the progress of the painting.  Anyway, hopefully it’ll give you an idea, not just of the painting, but of how these pieces are done.

I guess I must have spent about four days working on this piece so far.  I tend to paint the basic composition in quite boldly after first lightly drawing in the composition with a water soluble pastel.  At this point it’s just the basics….structure and some colour.  What it doesn’t have at this point is any sense of atmosphere, the cold and the peace and quiet.  This will hopefully come later, created with subtle use of pastel and translucent glazes.  That is of course, if all goes to plan.  It might end up a mess ….time will tell.

The painting is a view looking up to the end of the east ridge of Ben Lui.  On the day we were here a few years ago, our aim was to climb this by way of the obvious snow filled gully.  Once we got a little higher up though we realised that the snow was in poor condition and instead we moved slightly to the right and scrabbled up a mixture of frozen turf and rock, before finally emerging at the top of this prow.  Beyond the ridge levels briefly before continuing up very steeply to the summit.  It was a great day and one I’ll never forget.  If I manage to complete this piece satisfactorily, I’ll post a decent image of it so that you can see how it moved on.