October Monarchs Wood Print

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October Monarchs is 36x48x1.5 inches oil on canvas painting of a group of deer in an autumn landscape. It is called October Monarchs as the deer really are, for me, the kings and queens of the forests and woodlands of England. It is semi abstract and rainbow coloured and was painted after a walk I took in Knole Park in Kent last month. It is the time of year when the deer are in family groups with the males honking and bellowing and the females and babies staying close to him. Three female fallow deer stand on a hill under trees to the left and to the right, is the stag in the foreground. Behind him in the distance is a hint of trees and possibly a lake beyond whilst in the foreground is the suggestion of a heart shape that links the stag to his family. There is a wide main path in Knole which runs between two raised banks and as you walk it in September and October you can hear the stags clearly but often cannot see them. It is an intimidating sound but quite exciting w...

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...