My parents had this painting hanging in their house for about a year, every time I visit I change several of them to keep the art new. Since it was done in Bolton, it never seemed to have made it onto the blog so I scanned it today. I remember walking down this path which goes from the suburb into the Bolton Forest towards the derelict camp. Recently the city widened the path and tamped it down with some sort of adhesive gravel so that people can easily walk in the forest. When standing in the shade was getting attacked by mosquitos, so I had to stand in the hot sun as a deterrent and paint fast! The little white flowers were a real challenge since there had to be a complex negative shape painted around their shapes. The rest of the scene was a high contrast, textural wall of foliage that I depicted with various shades of yellow and green. The path was actually a pastel, almost grey, shade of red. I make it with pyrol red (PR254) carbon black (PBk6) and a decent amount of water.
Bolton Path with White Flowers, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, 2022 (No. 3518)
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