“A New Era Dawns” 

Size 40″ x 32″

Acrylic on Canvas

Date 21/09/22

Suggested Min Price £100

Notes

This started life as a semi-abstract portrait painting “Midnight Sun”. Its silver grey background represented the dull sunlight and ice of Iceland. I tipped it onto its side whilst I considered what to do with it. 

Along came a photo of the first White Storks to breed in England for 600 years. 

After the success of The Fall of Mariupol, I started to paint the Storks on top of a rising Sun. The enclosing branches were full of dark green leaves that I thought distracted too much from the birds. The end result is a Japanese effect.

There is added meaning to the title as it was completed the day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.