A Grey Dawn Breaking

 Kieron Williamson | Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches 

About the painting:

“This painting was left discarded in my studio for several months, until I saw an early work of mine dating back to 2010. It was a monotone pastel of a barge at Woodbridge in Suffolk. I instantly knew that a monotone colour palette would work on this painting. I liked the interesting lost and found edges of the lifting mist and the suggested forms of St Anthony Church and the turreted ancestral home of the Spry family in Cornwall.” Kieron

The medium:

“The one medium that I have found the most challenging is oil. For years I knew absolutely nothing about this medium, despite having three introductory lessons at age six!

It is only through trial and error, coupled with extensive research online, that I have finally found a way of working that suits me.
If I had to use only one medium for the rest of my life, I would most definitely use oil. I love the historic importance of them, the rich smell of the paint and the fact that no matter what the subject, the medium is suitable … it is just so diverse.
I could use a glazing technique and my work could look flawless and soft with no visible brushstrokes, or heavy impasto layered on a canvas with a palette knife with paint straight from the tube. I love that fact that I can do absolutely anything with it, whatever the subject needs to be captured and whatever way I feel like working.” Kieron