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Ok, so I’m going to call this done… I’ve just spent the last hour and a half looking at it, scanning the surface, making judgement calls about the shapes of rocks, the subtle colour of reeds, that extraordinary orangery pop at the top/in the middle. I’ve come to the conclusion that I could tinker with it endlessly, but I’m not sure any of it would change the painting’s character. Whilst I had no intention of doing this, it seems that the last three paintings are the foundation of a series… #markthompson #thedailypracticeofpainting #contemporarypainting #postcontemporaryart #zincwhite #artoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #instaart #instaartist #landscapepainting #gamblinneomegilp #coldwaxmedium #available #proartebrushes (at Skintebo, Västra Götalands Län, Sweden)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuT0KGwB9F3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11tsef0zhs6l3

There. Photographed (semi) successfully and colour checked. Thank goodness for Lightroom! thank you to the wonderful @proartebrushes for making, well, wonderful brushes.

To be titled…
80 x 122cm
Oil on wood panel
2018

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Complete. This painting has been somewhat hanging over me for a while… started in earnest, let go of, restarted, put away, ignored, moved, ignored again… the revised, renewed and completed. The landscape - this landscape - has an ever present hand in my work, and whilst I don’t think it benefits my evolution as a painter to always be turned towards it, it stands to be re-engaged with when necessary. It’s a subconscious prompt. Photography nerd section: Sigma Art Lenses are razor sharp with no distortion whatsoever!

To be titled…
61 x 81cm
Oil on wood
March - July 2018

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The early morning light is diffuse in the studio, and makes for ideal documentary photography! No extra lights needed and only a little Lightroom tweaking required…
The Memory Palace
80 x 122cm
Oil on wood
2018

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