This is based on a fairly old photograph from 2018, albeit of a place I know well and visit often. There is a distinct blue cast in that photograph that I found attractive, but it was difficult to reconcile the blue-green of the trees with the deep reds of the fallen leaves and the interior of the damaged tree in the foreground.
So I decided to use violet in place of red. It’s a very strident colour, and usually looks out of place, but I think that it does work here. I particularly like the way that it creates a reddish tone with the yellow-green and gold-green inks.
This is another large piece on full imperial watercolour paper (30×22″ / 76x56cm).
