Lone
Beach Hut:
When
I made the stretcher for The Merging Of Water & Land piece I decided to
make another the same size, I believed that at some stage one of the onsite
pieces would appear to suit another canvas that scale, though it might take
time to realise which would be better acquainted.
When
I had thought it through, I realised that the onsite piece titled ‘Lone Beach
Hut’ would appeal to the proportions of the stretcher. The piece itself was
particularly intriguing with the beach hut (Lifeguard Station) to the left, the
pier in the middle framing the sky, sand and grassy verge and the sea to the
right, so there was a lot crammed into this small piece and so expanding it,
elongating it, would perhaps, allow the space for each area to truly express
itself.
The
progression of the painting opened up numerous elements to ponder, for example
the sky in the original is so subtle and unfussy, so I had to try and tone this
area down and use a very delicate colour palette and marks to try and represent
this accurately. The beach hut itself, I wasn’t too sure what technique would
work best, I decided upon a palette knife effect, similar to that used upon the
railings in The Blue Elephant piece, and it actually works quite well, keeping
the subtle shades of white, though adding a bit of texture to break it up
further.
The
pier and rocks in the centre of the piece posed quite an issue, initially this
started off being very linear, lots of lines made with the brush, layered on
top of one another, in differing directions. However this appeared to become
too overworked, so I left this time to breath for a while, allowed it time to
dry slightly, so that I could scrape into it later on, not only revealing some
interesting detail beneath, though also creating texture, through the folding up
of the scraped away paint, it made this area more diverse in the visual
intensity of it, and created more of a balance through the central section of
the piece.
The
sea, originally I was going to scrape into slightly after it had dried, however
now that I have toned down and worked into other area of the piece, the
busyness of the sea seems to create some drama and offset the subtlety of the
contrasting elements within the rest of the piece.
In
regards as to whether I’m satisfied with the piece as a whole, I believe that
there is a fantastic balance between the textures, marks made and the
composition of the overall piece, I did reach the stage where I felt that I had
achieved what I wanted to represent, I believed that the painting had
accomplished and achieved its integrity and so I think it has progressed very
efficiently in order to capture very element at its fullest potential.
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Lone
Beach Hut 2014, Oil on Canvas
