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robert
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'Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself up to a particular landscape in his experience; to look at it from as many angles as he can, to wonder upon it, to dwell upon it. He ought to imagine that he touches it with his hands at every season and listens to the sounds that are made upon it. He ought to imagine the creatures there and all the faintest motions of the wind. He ought to recollect the glare of the moon and the colours of the dawn and dusk.' From 'The Earth' a poem by Navarre Scott Momaday
I am in the process of creating a series of paintings of the same view, painted at roughly weekly intervals throughout the year. The intention is to build up a collection of about 50 images recording the changes in the seasons. I have chosen a view out across Coombe near my home. Each painting is 40 X 50cm and takes a couple of hours to paint working on the hill in oil paint directly from life. Below are the images in the order in which I painted them. Click on an image to see a larger version and a description of that day's working conditions. Add your observations here.
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