Eleanor Woolley

Breakfast at Windermere, Original painting, Landscape, People, Figure, Shadow

2024

Painted from the cliff-top overlooking Whitby beach looking towards Sandsend. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Oil on Canvas 61 H x 76 W x 2 D cm (24.02 x 29.92 x 0.79 in) Sold unframed Ima...

Painted from Cattle Hill, near Pocklington, in the Yorkshire Wolds ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Oil on Canvas 61 H x 76 W x 2 D cm (24.02 x 29.92 x 0.79 in) Sold unframed Image size: ...

WILLIAM VERDULT – Untitled [VENETIAN REFLECTIONS] Oil on Canvas ⚜ Signed Lower Right ⚜ Custom Conservation Frame A DREAMLIKE IMAGINING OF VENICE AT SUNSET [Venetian Reflections] sho...

"Lost Between The Details" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather Carpenter's interpretation and compilation of various places he has visited. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul Collection...