Texts, sketches, photos; approaches to painting.

Adrian searle on Peter Doig

 

 

'This lack of wilderness ( in England ) matters terribly, just as the presence of wilderness matters in Sweden. The countryside is not just a decoration seen through windows. It is more powerful and intimate than that.'  

Andrew Brown. 'Fishing in utopia, Sweden and the future that disappeared.'

 

                                                    'Freedom Bounty' 2003

'one of the trees is massive, its branches apparently full of fruit, but as I approach closer     I realise I am not seeing apples but yellowing autumn leaves caught in glancing sunlight' 

Roger Deakin, Wildwood

 

 

 

 

   Handwritten texts from my sketch book

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 Winter sketch.
 
 
 
 
Sketch of a John Bauer illustration from my winter sketchbook.
 

 

Colour palette for 'Farther to fall'