I continuously try to improve my understanding of the forces which shaped the structure of the landscape. The physical study of evolving environments has therefore formed an integral part of my development.
Many natural factors such as sea, wind, rain and ice have also acted on the earth over millions of years and, as progressive investigation of these undoubtedly contributes to my visual interpretation of my subject, I am committed to researching them all as widely as possible. Painting in situ always provides my starting point, with work in the studio, usually on a larger scale, the next step.
I work mainly with acrylic paint on canvas or board, building an image in layers. I apply paint both thickly and thinly often scraping back to leave areas of ground colour to show through amongst more textural passages.
I hope to allow the three dimensional nature of the subject to take precedence over the two dimensional nature of the painting.
Read about my ongoing investigations into materials and process inspired by landscape and earth’s evolutionary forces at rowanhuntley.co.uk
painting in Deception Island’s volcanic caldera, Antarctica.