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PCGC18"Moonlight Shadows" by Paul Corfield
Limited Edition Canvas on Board-UNMATTED
Edition Size - 150
Signed & Numbered
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‘Moonlight Shadows’ is one of my most experimental paintings. It was my first experimentation with under painting using a grisaille. This is a process in which the under painting is predominantly painted in black and white. The tones I used were black, white and raw umber which gives the under painting a slight brown tint, so that it isn't purely black and white. The under painting is brought up to a finished state so that it is a painting almost in its own right, albeit without any colour to speak of.
This painting is the first of a short series of three paintings to feature thatched cottages rather than my usual simple box house design. I was also able to explore a new colour theory as this painting is depicting a night time scene. The moon is casting a low cool colour/light, therefore to compliment this coolness I glazed some burnt sienna into the shadows emphasising a red/brown tint. This is a complete reverse of colour theory in comparison to my daytime scenes, where the light source is considered to be warm and the shadows are considered to be cool."
Paul Corfield
"Living in Poole, Dorset, means that I live only a few minutes from the countryside and only a few minutes from the sea so they will always be a feature in my paintings. The Dorset landscape is an area of great beauty and an obvious source of inspiration. Whenever possible I'll take the family off to the countryside to explore nature; it's something I always did as a child. My children are also an indirect source of inspiration as the programmes they like to watch on TV are great fun. The rolling landscapes in shows like Postman Pat, Bob The Builder and many more look so idyllic, they got me to see the world through a child's eyes.
I remember as a child that the Mr Men books were my absolute favourite and they also had those rolling hills, little cottages etc. At the other end of the scale I am inspired by paintings with good brushwork; I love traditional oil painting techniques and although I am self-taught I have always sought out information on such techniques.
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