15 x 11″ – 28 x 38 cm Tanglewood. A bird song corridor through an empty land. Sluggish shallow river. Old roots holding the banks together. Old place, old beings. Being quiet here… the Dropt has an intimate & hidden charm, different from the majestic Dordogne with it’s mighty flow. Being quiet here & now…
Category: Trees
Paintings of trees… with commentary, something of a lovesong.. spring, summer, autumn or winter paintings of trees. How to paint foliage & paint with green.
River Dropt 1
winter’s day lost in fog last places
Poplar Grove – Evening Sunlight
i drive past these trees most days. they are a kind of sundial to me.
Plum Tree
heavy with fruit old fruit tree still giving
Ditypch ‘Mistletoe’ – Parallax in Landscape art
‘Misteltoe’ Ditypch Oil on two canvas each 64 x 55 cm (approx 21,5 x 25 inches) © adam cope “Here, by the riverside, the motifs multiply, the same subject seen from different angle offers a subject for study of the greatest interest, and so varied that iI think I can keep myself busy for months…
Landscape as the Mirror of the Soul
‘Misteltoe 2’ Part of a diptych Medium Size Oil on Canvas 65 x 54 cm (approx 21 x 26 inches) © adam cope ‘Meaning’ is often conferred to the landscape by us humans. Certainly, us artists find ‘meaning’…. us image makers, who weave our lives in & out of both inner & outer worlds, trying…
Mistletoe
WORK IN PROGRESS ‘Mistletoe’ medium size oil on canvas French format : 15 F – 65 x 54 cm (approx 21 x 26 inches) © adam cope Actually I think it’s finished now. I had to wait long time for a another sunny evening when I has some free time to paint.
WIP – Pechers de Vignes, Finished State
‘Pechers de Vignes 1’ – Finished State Medium Size Oil on Canvas 15 F 2009 ©adam cope WIP = Work In Progress These lovely trees seem to have an ‘inner fire’ in autumn, as if they were lit up from within. Beautiful tree, I’ve planted one in my garden 🙂 Confess to being happy with…
Chromatic Black in the Colourist Palette
WORK IN PROGRESS – UNFINISHED STATE ‘Mistletoe’ medium size oil on canvas 15 F ©adam cope Chromatic Black in the Colourist Palette Experimenting with a new mix for ‘black’. Lets call it a ‘chromatic black’ (as does Dan Smith oil paints) in the hope that it’s more colour friendly than soot (lamp black)& burnt bones…
No Space for Nature in the Countryside? Wendell Berry
Concernant la Destruction de la Ripisylve de la Riviére Dropt dans les Cantons de Villeréal, Castillonnès et Eymet. Le Dropt à St. Quentin (avant la coups de hiver 2011) oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm © adam cope I went downstream to the next commune to paint.Wild wood. Tangle wood. Quiet days dreaming besides…
