Andalusian Light (2025) Original Mixed-media Painting by Abi Moffat

An original abstract expressive acrylic painting, created through contrasting light and dark tones on the surface through layers of warm colours. Painted using acrylic and oil pigment sticks, the work has a textured surface.

This painting developed after my time spent in the deserts of Andalusia during an artist residency. I absorbed the rich ochres of the dry landscape, the deep blues of the sky and the constantly shifting hues of sunrise and sunset across dramatic mountainscapes. I carried these impressions home, where distance and a lack of pressure allowed a sense of freedom to emerge through the painting. Created while working through a creative block, layers of colour, varied textures and gestural marks were allowed to emerge and interrupt one another, creating a negotiation between the landscape remembered and the painting discovered. The experience of Andalusia is pivotal to this piece - the place, colours, atmosphere and impressions I soaked in. The process brings this to life through experimentation and the freedom to reinterpret rather than simply reproduce the landscape.

Materials used:

Acrylic, oil bar and collage on canvas

Details:

• Mixed-media painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 19.29 x 19.29 x 1.97" (framed)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Organic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky