Winter Light

My daily walks along the Meander River have become a quiet observation of the landscape and its changing moods. In winter, there is a particular calm — the river is still, the trees are resting and the landscape seems to be waiting.
Morning Light captures that moment when the first warmth of the sun begins to move through the cold landscape, waking the colours and bringing life back into the river and surrounding bush. Rather than painting the scene literally, I have used heightened colour to express the feeling of that early light — the warmth of the sky against the cool blues of the water and the deep, shadowed trees.
For me, it is about the peacefulness of walking beside the river in winter and noticing that quiet moment when the day, and nature, begins to wake.

This painting is unframed.
Insitu photos with frame and are an example only.