Painting “Rose hips and blue”
Plein‑Air Painting – Oil on Canvas Panel
Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire, England, UK
This painting was an unexpected surprise and bonus. I'd arrived, and settled to another painting which had gone well.
I'd painted a busy subject which I'd thought might be a bit ambitious. It took a while to do, so when I'd finished it, there wasn't much time left for another artwork.
Keen to make the most of the petrol and other expenses involved in all plein‑air trips, I contemplated where I should move my easel to. Closing time was not far away, so I needed to settle somewhere quickly, and it felt unlikely in the time left.
Low and behold, I turned around, and there it was! The next painting had been behind me all the time.
The beautiful Rosa Glauca shrub with lovely blue almost fern-like leaves, and bedecked with deep red hips, looked stunning against the dark green background.
This garden painting is definitely a candidate for a larger studio painting.
Gardens are always a draw for me. I grew up with a gardening mother, so the fascination was planted (pun intended) at a young age.
It would be very easy for me to replace my landscape art collection with garden art instead. My oeuvre will develop no doubt, and there may well be a battle between the two types of art. It doesn't really matter which one wins as far as I'm concerned.