Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 28 July 2022, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 28 July 2022, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
In order of appearance from the other night are four studies which came one after the other in quick succession. It was a great seance because the 'Bloom' seemed to last forever and I left the beach in the dark, alone and happy.
I had arrived a little earlier than usual at the motif which revealed, in the top picture, a rather quaint-looking placid blue sea under the lemon sky at the very beginning of its pale metamorphosis.
In the second one down, the colours begin to burn from the heat of the sun dropping behind me in the East.
In the third one (below), the whole sky implodes with light, and the delicate evening blast appears to weave a structure embossed of mystical proportions.
Little else to say about them except that the very last one is much more colourful than the photo reveals. In this last picture the evening bloom had evened out considerably and it is at this point when the entire scene appears wrapped in a veil of pink silk. The colour harmony is rich but for the life of me, I couldn't reproduce in photo.
I like them all maybe because I took such pleasure in them but also because the last two (below) were a real struggle but I persevered and I left with the goods like a fisherman who fought mightily with a large and rebellious marlin vanquishing it after an exhausting battle. Mine was quicker and far less tiring of course, but no less satisfying.
Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 28 July 2022, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 28 July 2022, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
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