Stormy Day off Nykobing Mors
Stormy Day off Nykobing Mors
16” x 20”
Oil on Canvas
One of my first larger painting that I completed. It was painted in my studio with the aid of a photograph. I is just south of Nykobing Mors in Denmark. This spit of land was being lit by sunlight streaming through the clouds and striking the marsh grasses which formed interesting patterns and textures. The water is an inland sea in Jutland and therefore salt-water. There were distant hills at the horizon but I prefer it better without.
I am not sure it’s finished, as I don’t feel the water quite conveys the windiness of the day and even though it is grayed down the blue may still be a little intense. There were no large waves but maybe a little white specs to indicate more action in the water.
Stormy Day off Nykobing Mors close-up with texture
This is a close-up with the light striking from the side to better show some of the paint and brush textures. As a learning exercise I did enjoy the wet-in-wet scumbling of the trees in the front as it seemed to work. I also liked the looseness of the grasses on the spit.
Niels Henriksen