A very special tale of a magical winter wonderland
A spellbinding journey...
When I first began to paint I worked exclusively in black and white; I loved the subtle shades and moods I was able to create within the confines of a monochromatic canvas. But quite early on in my artistic journey I decided to introduce colour, and as I sought out the brightest and most uplifting shades a style was born. However, I have always sketched in pencil or charcoal and I had been promising myself for some time that I would revisit this world of nuance and atmosphere.
Like many of us I am utterly captivated by the monochromatic beauty of the Arctic Wilderness, and for me the inaccessibility only adds to its aura of magic and mystery. The overwhelming sense of history and legend, the unique landscape, the extraordinary wildlife and the phenomenon of the Northern Lights, makes it one of nature’s greatest works of art. A few years ago, I was working on a sketch that brought these two interests together with an irresistible force and suddenly my work was being pulled north by that great polar magnet…
A spellbinding journey...
When I first began to paint I worked exclusively in black and white; I loved the subtle shades and moods I was able to create within the confines of a monochromatic canvas. But quite early on in my artistic journey I decided to introduce colour, and as I sought out the brightest and most uplifting shades a style was born. However, I have always sketched in pencil or charcoal and I had been promising myself for some time that I would revisit this world of nuance and atmosphere.
Like many of us I am utterly captivated by the monochromatic beauty of the Arctic Wilderness, and for me the inaccessibility only adds to its aura of magic and mystery. The overwhelming sense of history and legend, the unique landscape, the extraordinary wildlife and the phenomenon of the Northern Lights, makes it one of nature’s greatest works of art. A few years ago, I was working on a sketch that brought these two interests together with an irresistible force and suddenly my work was being pulled north by that great polar magnet…
A spellbinding journey...
When I first began to paint I worked exclusively in black and white; I loved the subtle shades and moods I was able to create within the confines of a monochromatic canvas. But quite early on in my artistic journey I decided to introduce colour, and as I sought out the brightest and most uplifting shades a style was born. However, I have always sketched in pencil or charcoal and I had been promising myself for some time that I would revisit this world of nuance and atmosphere.
Like many of us I am utterly captivated by the monochromatic beauty of the Arctic Wilderness, and for me the inaccessibility only adds to its aura of magic and mystery. The overwhelming sense of history and legend, the unique landscape, the extraordinary wildlife and the phenomenon of the Northern Lights, makes it one of nature’s greatest works of art. A few years ago, I was working on a sketch that brought these two interests together with an irresistible force and suddenly my work was being pulled north by that great polar magnet…
The characters Doug discovered in the far north of his imagination.
