Souls of the Ashdown Forest is a 36 x 48 x 1.5 inches oil painting of a view through the trees of the Ashdown Forest towards some deer in the heather.
It was inspired by many walks in the area – especially during lockdown 2020. You often see deer around here, but deer being deer, you only get to see them for seconds at a time before they flash their white bum’s at you and vanish into the trees. This particular painting was of a view from one of the clumps of trees in the area looking towards the farmland and heather and heathland beyond. It has been made by building up layers of paint until it has a green-gold glow in the first section and colder purples, lilacs, and yellow in the spaces between the trees. A deer stag can be seen on the left looking back at us, and a string of females can be seen on the right, moving off into the distance. The heather of the forest is loosely approximated by using purple, which contrasts with the green gold in an interesting way.
It is semi-abstract and a kind of messy art nouveau in style. It is on deep edge canvas, white edges, ready to hang.
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