I really enjoyed doing this painting of a cottage, based on a post card of an old photo, because if I could choose where I could live then this would be one the places in the top spot. It was a photo of a cottage that's no longer standing, having been long ago demolished. It makes you realise the importance of photography as a means of preservation. It must have been such an amazing invention when it first came into use. Is it maybe taken for granted now?
I created the painting using acrylic paints on canvas on quite a large stretcher frame, and was sold in "The Chicken Shed", a shop in Cowbridge, South Wales.
I think the simple colours and arrangement of black and white tones works really well on a large size because it's not so overwhelming as lots of little details scattered about all over the place.
