Early Autumn, Distant Mist

• Oil painting on Panel / Board / MDF
• Size: 60.96 x 45.72 x 0.51 cm (unframed)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Impressionistic
• Location: Lever Park, Rivington, Lancashire

In the first few weeks of October, the green bracken begins to die back and turns a deep russet brown colour which just begs to be painted. I got up early one morning before the early mist had time to burn off and saw this view open up in front of me; I had only just enough time to sketch out the details before the mist disappeared, blown away by the breeze. In the painting I tried to avoid overworking the paint, leaving it fresh and bold, with some details not fully resolved - leaving the viewer's imagination to fill in the gaps.