Summer, West Bergholt, England
oil on canvas, 1910mm x 810mm

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Background

Early morning in the same field as the other West Bergholt paintings. Towards The Sun morning mist shows and 120 degrees away to the South there's a hint of pollution on the horizon. A pair of wood pigeons swerve away from the farm manager as he walks the tramlines. Dry ears of wheat have started to curl showing their grain is almost ready while in distant fields the harvest has begun. Towards the sun, transmitted light shines through dry leaves turning them stained glass orange; while away to the right raking light picks out countless little crop sculptures. There’s a contrail in the blue sky moving towards London Stansted. Blue damsel flies and wild oats float in a cereal sea of huge power. Demeter unleashed.

Observational :

Outdoors, you can’t see towards and away from the sun at the same time; so it's hard to sense the coexistence of grand light effects in one place. This is possible in a painting though and is what I've tried to reveal here.