Painting Description

The white gates at the end of this laneway in Lambourn, Berkshire, U.K., suggest a not too serious country property lies at the end. Sparkling light is the key to this fanciful piece.

My fanciful treatment of this open gate near Lambourn, England, points out one of the problems of painting from Google street view. Often the photos from this marvelous device are crooked as the camera sweeps across the landscape. This could present problems to the newcomer who wishes to try this painting from street view idea. Fortunately the computer can right many, but not all, wrongs.

As with all these small paintings in this series, I limit myself to one hour of painting time so that I am forced to keep the approach light. This idea of using street view as a starting point for a painting is proving to be great fun and fun is what I am after.