David Blakemore - Artist
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Beeches of Rollright - Original sold. Available in Print.

This started as a demo at an exhibition in the village of Great Rollright but it is another example of how I construct a painting
when working outdoors before completion in the studio.

I start by creating the composition with an oil sketch on the canvas, the bones if you like. I will then establish tonal values with colour and record as many details as is possible.

If you were to stand on the spot where I painted this you might wonder what was going on. That is my point though. What I see in front of me is only the inspiration for my imagination. For example, the copper beech in the distance was such a beautifully rich colour I decided to enlarge it from a dot,  make it the focal point.
From there I decided to create a path leading to it and a gate, slightly ajar. In the foreground are my discarded tools... and so on. 
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  • Home
  • About David
  • Available Originals
  • Exhibitions 2025
  • Prints & Cards
  • Contact details
  • Beyond The Lark Ascending
  • Clockwork, regularity of seasons
  • 'Unfinished'
  • 'Gemini Queen'
  • Through Autumn Hailes
  • 'One Closes, Another Opens'
  • Magnificence
  • 'Communication'
  • 'The Next Move'
  • Coast Big Sur
  • Liberation
  • Miniature oils on canvas
  • The Colour Yellow
  • Ox Art Weeks 2024
  • Beeches of Rollright
  • Silence
  • Moonshine
  • Fruit Tree Sky Series
  • Under an Autumn Sky
  • ART ON THE GRAPEVINE
  • Smuggled Sun
  • Greener Series
  • Broadway Tower
  • Mango Sky
  • Copper Sky Prints
  • Location work - Scotland
  • Commission Complete