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A Resolution is an autumn path painting showing a view through trees to the edge of a wood and a clearing beyond. It was inspired by one of the many patches of ancient forests and woodlands in and around the Sussex Weald area of England where I live. Though the entirety of Sussex was once covered in trees, only pockets remain, but many of them still have a character all their own. I called this painting a resolution as it is these kinds of paths that often get you wondering what is beyond the trees and they are places where ideas and resolutions can spark. On the left in the distance is a fallow deer stag. In folklore, deer are often hailed as spiritual guides so it is fitting that he is there. The colours are very autumn and the style is a sketchy, contemporary oil painting style. It is 36x36 inches oil on canvas, deep edges, white, ready to hang. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYrVZeOXAOQ

I am a professional artist based in Sussex and I paint large original landscape and seascape paintings in oil on canvas. I have a Fine Art degree in sculpture (Brighton, 1983) but am mostly self taught as a painter. My painting style is a fusion of Expressionist, Impressionist, Semi-abstract, Art Deco, a little Art Nouveau and whatever mood I am in that day. I often practice a kind of Impressionism in that I walk, look at things and then paint from memory. The result is that I paint what was impressed upon me when I looked at a landscape - thus a kind of Impressionism! (I hope that makes sense). I am inspired by the patterns of nature and the energy, colours and spaces of the landscapes and animals around me. I like to think that...