Climate change is causing much turbulence in the world. The heat is hotter and the cold is colder. This abstract painting depicts a lively sky inspired by Monty Python, raking through the dry grass. I saw plenty of dry grass this summer, and used a lot more yellow paint and raw sienna than usual. Most of the warm beige you see is yellow ochre, an ancient colour similar to dijon mustard in appearance and consistency. It was not a paint I was fond of, but this year I made great use of yellow ochre. This painting was also a palette cleanser, it really needed some cleaning after the rainy weekend trip, in fact there were little bits leaves and dirt embedded in some of the paints I had to scrape out!
Palette Cleanser: Climb @ Change 9 x 12" watercolour paper, watercolour, October 2021 (No. 2891)
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