Work in progress

I’m quite pleased with how this piece is shaping up. Continuing with the theme of trees seen through windows, I’ve turned my attention a bit closer to home. This magnificent birch tree grows in a neighbouring garden and dominates the view from my window.

Once again, I’ve chosen to ‘frame’ the image as if it was a picture, placing it off centre and including some of the interior of the room. The palette is muted: greys and blues for the interior with the objects on the window ledge picking up the ochres and browns from the fields in the distance.

Executed in acrylics on canvas which has been coated in grey gesso, the pigment has been applied in thin layers. I’ve yet to decide on some of the interior but here is the sketch that I am working from.