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Douglas Hutton...... Contemporary Landscape Artist

Welcome, Failte, Croeso, Benvenuti, Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Irashaimasu, Dobro Pozhalovat’… to my website, I am a Contemporary Landscape Artist specialising in studies of remote and rugged landscapes in Ireland......my work extends to other subject matter including portraiture....see current work, last updated 10/07/10

 

 Self Portrait 2008
“the artist in his elements!”

large oil 

 "Turf Cutters Donegal" large oil 2009

light play glisten early mist

dark edge slab black twist 

hidden time scar secret score

turf grass heather matted pour

sweep mute gull dance wind

hack ..call

seep channelled water-cut

deep root wall    d/09


 

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Influences…         

My influences are many but my focus is mainly to interact with my subject emotionally through colour which I apply thickly until I reach a statement that works. The Artists that have impacted most on my thinking range from Egon Schiele and Gustaf Klimt to Paul Henry and Jack Yeats but the fleeting nature of time, the weather, dramatic skies, rugged mountains and wild places have the most influence.

Technique…
 large impast

"Winter Light Achill" large oil 2009"

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I work from a range of sketches and ideas which can be in colour, pen, pencil or paint gathered from hill walks and beach walks. These loose studies complimented with photographs form a starting point in the studio where I work up into a loose composition in outline in a series of small scale studies. From these I build my final idea and work directly on the canvas or board starting at the top with a sky which will dictate the tone and mood of the arrangement. From here it is a tempestuous struggle through to conclusion (framing or incineration!) over a period of time which can be hours, weeks or months.