Whitby Bandstand and Smokehouses original painting on canvas mist it fills a room with

it fills a room with warmth

An expansive landscape seems to be bursting out of the confines of this beautifully coloured diminutive painting

The campaign ran in many forms for many years which makes me so proud

91 × 91 x 5cm (square format)

a sudden blaze of rapeseed yellow catching the returning sun

Whitby Bandstand and Smokehouses original painting on canvas mist it fills a room withWhitby paintings like this original of the bandstand and smokehouses is one of a series produced in this tight figurative style. The bizarre use of colour in the painting is an emotive counterpoint to the reassuring detail of crowds of people found in the middle ground of the picture. Shadow areas would normally appear to be predominantly cold blue in this part of the world but I decided to paint the foreground shadows in hot red and orange to hint at