Oils: Belgium

Wenduine,Belgium  August, 2005.   Oil on panel  after watercolor and value studies. 22 cm x 50 cm. SOLD.

Wenduine is a 15 minute drive from Brugge up to the north coast.  This piece was birthed from a quick watercolor sketch.  I followed it up with a value study in order to develop the piece in the studio.  The final touches were done "en plein air", so the final oil certainly has its share of true grit.

Milton's invocation to the Muse:
"What in me is dark Illumine, 
what is low raise and support;
That to the height of this great Argument..."