Peter Wileman
Chromatic Current
Oil on Canvas
80 x 80 cms / 31½ x 31½ inches
Signed 'Wileman' (lower left)
Description
Peter Wileman frequently works from coastal locations where the meeting of sea, estuary and sky produces strong shifts in colour and atmosphere. In Chromatic Current the landscape is constructed through layered applications of oil paint, with areas of dense impasto set against broad sweeps of thinner colour. The vivid central passage of pigment introduces movement across the otherwise horizontal composition, while warmer tones of ochre and crimson contrast with cooler greys and blues that define the sky and shoreline.