Salisbury based classically trained artist & art tutor

Commissioning a landscape painting

After agreeing the type and form of the painting, I will prepare the materials for the painting and fit in dates to paint on site, which will be influenced by weather and availability of access.

Pepperbox Hill, watercolour, 22.5 cms x 15 cms

When I go out painting, I try to keep a fresh eye and avoid routine. I find studio work tends to end up dull; what often happens with painting on the spot, is that things come about that are absolutely right and have to be included. I’m looking for strong composition and expressive accents, along with observed colour values. I like that feeling of the present moment being unique.

There is some ancient mental stirring in the switching between two and three dimensions and back, which probably gives mimetic art most of its appeal.
A lot of what interests me is to do with contrast, I like the idea of the ordinary in an extraordinary light; transformation of perception.

We would need to discuss framing after the picture is finished, and I would include a later visit to varnish the picture if it’s an oil painting. Where a lot of travel is involved, the costs will be higher.

PRICING (not including framing or exceptional packing or travel & subsistence costs)