Painting Light and Colour

‘OLD CHURCH’

Oil on canvas, 30 x 20 cm

Status: For Sale

OLD CHURCH

This is the ‘BovenKerk’ not far from Amsteveen, from a view looking across the lake known as the ‘De Poel’.

It was painted on site, Plein Air, over the period of about three hours, give or take. One of the things that makes a subject like this interesting for me is that the church has been there so long that it has melded into it’s environment of trees and other surroundings.

Henri Matisse is quoted as saying ’A rapid rendering of a landscape represents only one moment of its existence. I prefer, by insisting upon its essential character, to risk losing charm in order to gain greater stability.’

I don’t disagree with Henri. This ‘rapid rendering’ does indeed only give a snapshot of the church’s existence, but its one I was there for!

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