I had to compare the photo to the finished painting before making such a bold statement, but having no qualms about blowing my own trumpet, I believe it to be true. It has only been recently that I have started to believe this, and more importantly started to understand why. I am beginning to bend nature to my will, and by that I mean imposing a sense of design onto the subject. Nothing revelatory about that, but as anyone who paints knows, its not easy to do, and to do consistently. This painting is finished, next stop Scotland.
Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland