ACRYLIC LANDSCAPES: 6TH OF 10
Derbyshire Sunset, acrylic on canvas, 153⁄4x193⁄4in (40x50cm).
Sunsets can so easily be a twee subject, but a loose sense of large-brushed movement helps to avoid cliché. It was a process of building up and layering on vibrancy and light. The secondary colour mix of yellows and red in the sky and trees next to the brightest tinted white gives a real illusion of setting sunlight