It’s another acrylic paint creation that takes the form of the landscape – just this time moving away from the theme of the African Savannah!
A tropical island, somewhere in the Caribbean, like Barbados, was the inspiration for this creation. The tranquillity of the light blue, tropical sea, the golden white sands and the warm temperatures is the ideal location for a holiday. As mentioned in previous posts, travel has now more or less resumed to what we once knew it as before the pandemic gripped the world in March 2020. Some countries still have testing requirements and restrictions on leisure activities and the requirements to wear face coverings in public places, but the premise of travel has once again resumed.
Barbados is another country on the “to visit” list. Having visited the different parts of the Caribbean in the early to mid-2000s, the location and climate of the Caribbean have always been seen as ideal for a relaxing holiday.
Building on the techniques used in the Kilimanjaro creation, blending of paints to produce this creation. A technique that was becoming more accustomed to being used to produce vibrant creations.
The palette knives also made another appearance in this creation with the waves breaking on the shore. Whilst it is customary for the waves in the Caribbean sea to have quite a shallow break on the shore, not generating much wash and surf, creating a scene with the sea in it seemed like a good opportunity to improve the use of the palette knives.
The sky on this creation was a task if truth be told. The reason being was all down to getting the tone right. After the first attempt, the gradient of the sky – moving from a red to pink to blue just wasn’t landing on the page as one would want in order for it to be viewed as a sky.
However, after making the realisation that the tone of the sky was incorrect, the creation took the turn of having a full and enriched sunset-red appearance, to which the theme was established and informed the title of the creation. A Tropical Sunset.
Undertaking this creation was quite relaxing and despite the false start on the sky in the first instance, turned out to be quite a vibrant creation.
This blog post is available in audio as a podcast and can be found here: A Tropical Sunset audio
Artwork in Progress 