Artist/Gallery notes
I have painted this view of a cottage in Campersic Road in the Swan Valley of Western Australia several times as I love the way it is hidden amongst the trees and vines. The Swan Valley is one of the main wine growing districts of WA and has many wineries including Sandalford and Houghton's http://www.swanvalley.com.au/. I used to be artist in residence at Sandalford and I enjoyed chatting with the visitors tasting wine as I painted. For this work I used oil paint which I dragged over the work using colour shapers http://www.colourshaper.com/. I also gave depth to the work by glazing in transparent colour glazes,