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ANGELA STRONG
In Samuel Palmer's work I love the finely observed
details and romanticised version of the English
landscape he depicts. His approach was more
unconventional for the time and I love the
imaginative details in his work. After looking
closely at his paintings, I took his use of detail,
the very fine lines and patterns he used to define
nature in his landscapes, from the smaller items
– mushrooms, grass, plants, flowers, foliage, to
larger areas like trees, fields, dells and nooks of the
English countryside. Using these as a reference I
laid out my own landscape and filled it in with fine
imagined detail as he had done. Then using inks
and wash I tried to achieve the low glimmering
light that he achieved in so much of his work.
Moonlight
Ink
40 x 50 cm
