The Storm

"The Storm"

Oil on Canvas

76 x 61cm

Painted with pallet knife

in my eyes this is probably my best painting so far - along with "Tosca". Technique wise, I made the right choice and it paid off. I used painting knifes of different shapes and sizes to slap on the thick, undiluted oil paint and create the apprropriate textures. This painting is probably the first one I've done that has any kind of meaning to it. It's supposed to remind us of power and domination of nature as a whole next to the small helpless human race, which often gets too big for its boots. By putting the horizon line low in the picture I allowed the violent sky to dominate. I ended up just painting the sky from my imagination - because all else had failed - and I tried to make it look like it was going to swallow up the tiny boat. This also directs your eye to the focal point, which is the boat. My next challange is to try and get this painting back - from Mrs Haig...