Seagulls in Flight Painting Frame:Poplar prestige tying in soft pastel accents

tying in soft pastel accents

framing a deeply wrinkled forehead and a long trunk that curves gently downward

Bold impasto strokes and expressive

A brown bear wades slowly at the edge of a glassy mountain lake in this crisp

Seagulls in Flight Painting Frame:Poplar prestige tying in soft pastel accentsThree seagulls sweep low across a restless sea in this richly textured study, their white wings caught mid beat as they skim the crests of breaking waves. The water is rendered in layered strokes of navy, slate and bright cobalt, shot through with foaming whites where the swell tumbles into spray. Above, the sky carries warm flecks of copper and gold worked into a soft blue, the palette knife marks giving the whole scene a tactile, almost sculptural