Mount Taranaki by Allan Bateman

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A very impressive scene and painting/s Allan.

This is so beautiful Alan.

Such an effective piece Allan, its quite beautiful!

This Mountain is recurring in my painting because it has been such a reference point in my life. When moving into our new home 5 years ago , a wall facing the bottom of the main stairs at the living room entrance was crying out for something. A calendar photograph was the inspiration for the painting, with the horizon line close to the snow line and summit. It's an unusual aspect but as the picture is approached from above on the stairway, it works. Oil on canvas. I broke the image into 2 parts which also kind of works. It's my largest painting yet at about 1.2m high and 0.6m wide. The ridge line that slashes up the foreground leads the eye upward. Individual trees are not picked out but canopies are suggested with variation in color in the foreground.