Evening Falls on Lake Windermere

I painted this in 2004 after my first visit to the Lake District. Merice and I stayed in Keswick on our 25th wedding anniversary. I even surprised... more

by Glenn Marshall

Original - Sold

Price

Not Specified

Dimensions

20.000 x 16.000 inches

Title

Evening Falls on Lake Windermere

Artist

Glenn Marshall

Medium

Painting - Watercolour

Description

I painted this in 2004 after my first visit to the Lake District. Merice and I stayed in Keswick on our 25th wedding anniversary. I even surprised her with twenty five red roses waiting when we came down for breakfast. This is therefore a 'happy' painting as it brings back happy memories of our time there celebrating a special occasion for us. That set me thinking whether anyone else would see it as a 'happy' painting? Is it possible that the positive energy I put into this painting can somehow influence a viewer? I think it can and does. Every painting contains a little bit of the painter. The emotions are bound to affect the outcome of your work, so if you are feeling happy and settled then surely the resultant painting will have a positive and happy feel to it. Conversely then if things are not going so smoothly that will be reflected in the work too. A classic example of this can be found by comparing the serene paintings by a happy and contented John Constable while his wife was alive with the darker, more sombre nature of his later work after his wife had died. The painting itself is a fairly simple but classic view from the Lake District as the sun starts to set over Lake Windermere. I used some masking fluid for the shore line and painted the shapes wet on wet just allowing the colours to run and mix together. Anyway there it is. I would be very interested what you think and whether it makes you happy too. Let me know.

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December 16th, 2014