Original artwork description:

This piece is an interplay of light and colour that captures the transient beauty of the Aurora Borealis. In expressive strokes, I've aimed to evoke the serene yet vibrant spirit of a forest bathed in the Northern Lights. The Aurora graces the night sky with rippling green, blue and magenta lights. They change and swirl in a serendipitous dance barely visible and then unexpectedly bright, floating and drifting across the sky.
An original artwork, one of a kind, this painting has been created with high quality acrylic paints on deep edged canvas. I begin with observation of the place making notes and taking photographs to work from in the studio. From these beginnings I work intuitively, painting some base layers with a brush and then impasto techniques layer on layer applied with a palette knife. Harnessing optical mixing techniques employed by the impressionists and some of the methods of the old masters such as scumbling and glazing. I continue working until the painting reaches a natural conclusion. The result is a contemporary painting, which lies somewhere between abstraction and realism. The painting continues round the sides, a frame is not needed and it is ready to hang.

Materials used:

Acrylic Paints on deep edge canvas

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