Cliff Path, Staithes
Acrylic Yorkshire Landscape Painting
Acrylic on Board 199?
8 x 12 ins
private collection
Now available as a postcard
An Acrylic Landscape Painting of a windswept whitewashed
house at the top of the cliffs at Staithes, a small fishing village
near Whitby on the North East coast of England.
The steepness of the path is emphasised by the portrait format
of the composition and the diagonal horizon line splits the image
into two halves - the empty yet atmospheric sky has as much
importance as the roughly painted foreground.
Although not a Photorealism Painting this coastal scene is
based on a Photograph and is part of a series of Paintings of
the Staithes and Whitby area of North Yorkshire, a favourite
place of many Artists.
The empty, slightly mysterious atmosphere of this Picture is
reminiscent of the Paintings of the American Artist Edward
Hopper.
The sky colours are reflected in the quickly dry-brushed
foreground and there are subtle earth colours in the sky
giving a quality of light that is often seen around the coast.
Steve Greaves
Staithes Painting
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Steve Greaves
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