Elysian elephant oil and enamel on canvas

oil and enamel on canvas 100 x 120 x 2 cm

In the shade of the Blossoming trees I look at the beauty around me

Dripped and splashed paint is filled in with fine strokes of oil colour and then enhanced with sweeping textured palette knife marks to suggest the coat of the zebra

to represent the movement of the sky and fields in a summer breeze

reaching upwards toward the light

Elysian elephant oil and enamel on canvasElysian, acrylic and enamel on canvas, 101 x 76 x 3 cm Inspired by the peace I feel walking through the forest at day break. A sanctuary away from the cares of the world. My Elysian I love those mornings when I am awake before the rest of my family. I pull on jeans and a sweater and quickly slip out of the house to walk the dogs. The dawn breaks and golden light bathes the ground. I walk in comfortable solitude. I feel light and carefree. My Elysian I