Icebound!

Oil on Canvas, 50 x 60 cm. Studio painting from an on-site pastel study of a local Lake-Schiffenensee, completely frozen. The original pastel was completed in about 30 minutes at about - 8 C !! It was a challenge to convey the impression of icey conditions in a studio piece. For this reason I offset the cold, prdominantly ble colours of the ice and sky with warm earth coloursin the shore making a pleasing contrast to the lake.
About the Artist
Keith DIXON
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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