Soft Pastel on Pastelmat (Clairfontaine) card, 30 x 24 cm. Painted in the studio from on-site oil study and shows view from Susten Pass looking towards the high alps (contre jour). Painted in layers, fixed with alcohol/water mix except for final touches. I found it quite difficult to unify the rugged, green and tan foreground with the almost serene glacier so as to avoid splitting the image into two paintings.
Keith Dixon Living near the Swiss Pre-Alps and Lakeland, as I do, provides me with many alpine subjects to paint. I paint outside as well as in the studio in oils, soft pastels, acrylics and dry media. Born on the E.Coast of N.England, I miss the ocean. This may be why many of my paintings are of…
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