Seacourt Stream II
– Works
He explained: “Painting the same scene from the same spot over the years has a certain logic; it enables me to see through the work how the place changes from day to day, year on year. When I started painting the stream in the 1970s, the water was bordered by a wire-fenced cattle pasture, and framed by poplars, willows and elms in the distance; today it is overwhelmed by trees (mostly willows) a hive of activity for the wildlife. Also, in painting the same thing over and over again the process allow elements within the frame to crystallize as marks and shapes that seem right.”