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First artworks about Skógafoss Ísland

Cycle touring Ísland was immense, the best cycling experience of my life and I can’t wait to go back. For now It is time to play catch up. I was cycle touring Ísland with my son for 3 months a Skógafoss Íslandnd we cycled the ring road and crossed the centre from East to North and North to South. And of course cycling the ring road it is impossible to miss Skógafoss. But that is just the first waterfall in a series of 30 waterfalls all spectacular. Here are my first small artworks about Skógafoss

 

 Skógafoss Ísland No.1 Oil on prepared paper 40.5 x 50.5 cm 2024 £125

 

 

 

Skógafoss Ísland No.2 Oil on prepared paper. 40.5×50.5 cm 2024  £125

 

 

 

Skógafoss Ísland No.2 Oil on prepared paper. 40.5×50.5 cm 2024  £125

 

 

 

New drawings from my 3 month cycle touring artist in residence in Iceland

New drawings from my 3 month cycle touring artist in residence in Iceland

 

I will be adding drawings to this blog post over the next days and posting larger art works as they are finished to future blog post’s . These are from Askja in the Vatnajokull national park. We cycled across Iceland twice, and if you are not aware then know that there are no shops …. no convenience stores ….. no fuel stations …. no bus stops ….. no trains …. we took with us enough food supplies to last us 10 day’s and we got it just about right …. on our eleventh day as we rejoined the ring road we had a couple of cupa soups to keep us going until we reached a campsite. Water was no problem though. You can drink from almost any stream or river in Iceland

 

Cycle tour – Ísland No.1 – Father and Son – Two Portraits. Askja Ísland . Mix media graphite and Oil paint on board 2024 No.1 (not for sale)

 

 

Cycle tour – Ísland No.2 Father and Son – Two Portraits. Askja Ísland . Mix media graphite and Oil paint on board 2024 No.2 (not for sale)

 

Cycle tour –  Ísland No.3 Volcanic Landscape Near Askja mixed media graphite and oil paint on board 2024 £250.00

 

 Cycle tour – Ísland No.4 Volcanic landscape  Near Askja Ísland . mixed media graphite and oil on board 43×61 cm 2024 £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland   No.5  cycling across island on our way to hveravellir 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024 £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland   No.6 Cycling Across Island on our way to Askja 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024 £250.00

Cycle tour – Ísland No.7 Near Hveravellir 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024  £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland No.12 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024. £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland No.11 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024. £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland   No.10 Vatnajökull Glacial Lagoon. 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024. £250.00

Cycle tour – Ísland No.9 Vatnajökull Glacial Lagoon 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024. £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland   No.8 Vatnajökull Glacial Lagoon 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024. £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland   No.13 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024 £250.00

 

Cycle tour – Ísland   No.14 43×61 cm mixed media graphite and oil on board 2024 £250.00

 

 

Cycle tour Wild Flowers in a volcanic Landscape – Ísland No.17 2024 £195.00

 

 

Cycle tour Wild Flowers in a volcanic Landscape – Ísland 2024 £195.00

 

 

 

 

 

New painting – Hveravallir Geothermal Area, Island. Oil on canvas 76×152 cm 2024

Hveravallir Geothermal Area, Island. Oil on canvas 76×152 cm 2024 £2500

 

 

Inspired from a three month cycle touring artist in residence in Iceland. This is Hveravellir geothermal area about half way across Iceland. During the tour we cycled the ring road and crossed the centre twice. It was the most extraordinary cycling of my life. This painting is available direct from me and you can e mail me at doms598@aol.com

Stormy Sea at Dawn Brechiek Ynysek Syllan

Stormy Sea at Dawn Brechiek Ynysek Syllan oil on canvas 76×153 cm 2023 £2500

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Stormy Sea at Dawn Brechiek Ynysek Syllan oil on canvas 76×153 cm 2023

New painting …. Storm at sunrise Brechiek Ynysek Syllan.

Storm at sunrise Brechiek Ynysek Syllan. Oil on canvas 76×153 cm 2023 £2500

 

 

The artwork is a response to nature, painted outside and finished in the studio. The painting explores our connection with nature, more than that, it explores landscape and seascape in the broader context of how weather systems develop that the sun drives the climate, It is about interconnection, philosophically it is an attempt to impress upon the viewer that we are not a separate creation from nature. That our consiousness, our self awareness evolved out of the same laws of nature that govern the evolution of the universe. From this philosophical point of view arises the paradigm that consciousness is the universe becoming self aware, holding a metaphorical mirror up to itself and asking the question what am I ….. Then the choice of how we treat nature arises. As we are nature it is in reality about how we treat nature, each other and ourselves. It teachers us about our fundamental responsibility to nature.

 

 

 

 

 

New painting …. Storm at sunset Brechiek Ynysek Syllan.

Storm at sunset Brechiek Ynysek Syllan. Oil on canvas 76×153 cm 2023

 

The artwork is a response to nature, painted outside and finished in the studio. The painting explores our connection with nature, more than that, it explores landscape and seascape in the broader context of how weather systems develop that the sun drives the climate, It is about interconnection, philosophically it is an attempt to impress upon the viewer that we are not a separate creation from nature. That our consiousness, our self awareness evolved out of the same laws of nature that govern the evolution of the universe. From this philosophical point of view arises the paradigm that consciousness is the universe becoming self aware, holding a metaphorical mirror up to itself and asking the question what am I ….. Then the choice of how we treat nature arises. As we are nature it is in reality about how we treat nature, each other and ourselves. It teachers us about our fundamental responsibility to nature.

 

 

 

 

Magnetic Reconnection – view from Porth Mellion Cairn Tresco February 2023

Magnetic Reconnection – view from Porth Mellin Cairn Tresco February 2023

 

After seeing the Aurora in Iceland in 2023 the artist saw them again on Tresco Ynysek Syllan (Isles of Scilly) February 2023 and again in March 2024 and again on Brechiek Ynysek Syllan in March and again on September 13th 2023. All different all amazing experiences

The artwork is a response to nature, painted outside and finished in the studio. The painting explores our connection with nature, more than that, it explores landscape and seascape in the broader context of how weather systems develop that the sun drives the climate, It is about interconnection, philosophically it is an attempt to impress upon the viewer that we are not a separate creation from nature. That our consiousness, our self awareness evolved out of the same laws of nature that govern the evolution of the universe. From this philosophical point of view arises the paradigm that consciousness is the universe becoming self aware, holding a metaphorical mirror up to itself and asking the question what am I ….. Then the choice of how we treat nature arises. As we are nature it is in reality about how we treat ourselves, each other and nature.

On a clear night away from light poluted skies the human eye can see between 1.600 and 5000 stars, estimates differ according to different sources, however the darker the sky and the less light polution the more you can see. In this painting I have placed 3800 individual stars including various constellations and the galaxy was very prominent. Everything is painted from observation using averted vision and memory …..

 

Magnetic Reconnection - view from Porth Mellin Cairn Tresco February 2023

Magnetic Reconnection – view from Porth Mellin Cairn Tresco February 2023

 

New painting – Storm Eroded Basalt Columns Reynisfjara Beach Island.

Storm Eroded Basalt Columns Reynisfjara Beach Island. 76×152.5 cm 2023, íslenska hjólaferð

 

In 2022 with my son we cycle toured Island for three months cycling the ring road and crossing the center of Island twice. This is the third in a series of paintings inspired from this journey.
The artwork is a response to nature, exporing our connection with nature, more than that, it explores landscape and seascape in the broader context of how weather systems develop, how we as a species affect the world, It is about interconnection. philosophically it is an attempt to impress upon the viewer that we are not a separate creation from nature. That our consiousness, our self awareness evolved out of the same laws of nature that govern the evolution of life and the universe. From this philosophical point of view consciousness is the universe becoming self aware, holding a metaphorical mirror up to itself and asking the question what am I. Then a choice of how we treat nature arises, as we are nature it is in reality about how we treat nature, each other and ourselves.
The choice is yours
Storm Eroded Basalt Columns Reynisfjara Beach Island. 77×153 cm 2023, íslenska hjólaferð

New painting ‘Magnetic Reconnection’ oil on canvas 152.5 x 152.5 cm 2023

This is my first painting in a series of the Aurora Borealis. In 2023 my son and I cycle toured Iceland for 3 months. We saw the Aurora in several places each time different, they were all amazing experiences. This is from one of the places we camped – Hveravellir as we cycled across Iceland for the second time of this tour. The artwork also includes several constellations placed as accurately as possible including the crescent Moon So this artwork is in two paintings, a diptych of sorts, being much larger and not hinged. The paintings are hung together with a small gap between
‘Magnetic Reconnection’ oil on canvas 152.5 x 152.5 cm 2023, íslenska hjólaferð 

Magnetic Reconnection. Oil on canvas 2023 £5280