Sweeping Winds

Sweeping Winds [2019]

Original

Landscapes and seascapes

Oil Paint on Canvas

Image size: H:15 cm x W:21 cm

Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:21 cm x D:0.5cm

Frame Size: H:20 cm x W:26 cm x D:4cm

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Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look

I started this painting after a wild and windy moorland run. Heading out through the village and up onto the tor near my house. The wind was freezing and made my eyes water but the sun was shining and views were wonderful. When back in the studio I sketched the landscape in oil paint and then added deep blues, reds and purples. Hearing the sweeping winds across the grasses and rushing past my face is something I remembered whilst painting this piece. I want the viewer to feel the wild landscape whilst looking at this painting.

New original artwork by artist, Sophie Berger is available with Wychwood Art in their gallery and online. Sophie Berger's recent work has been greatly influenced by her move to Devon and a new found love of the Dartmoor. She often sketches on the north moors and in Skaigh woods, taking in the mood of the sky, rolling hills and streams or concentrating on the intricate twisted branches and roots of the bracken. Sophie Berger's next stage is to recapture these sketches using oil paint when back at the studio in Kigbeare, thereby creating a strong connection between her work and the landscape. The changeable, moody landscapes awash with colour, horizons and the vast openness have inspired artist Sophie Berger to explore the feeling of being in this environment, so to describe these works as landscapes would be to miss the essence of the places they strive to capture. To discuss artwork or o arrange a commission by Sophie Berger please contact Deborah Allan deborah@wychwoodart.com or call 07799 535765 / 01869 338155.