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Embracing Infinite Skies

Updated: 14 hours ago

The natural world is a fantastic muse, boundless beauty, profound serenity, and endless inspiration. There's a particular magic in looking upwards, towards the vast expanse of the sky, that consistently captivates my spirit and guides my brush.


The Grandeur of Big Skies


There is power in the sheer scale of the open sky. A horizon to horizon swatch of cerulean and cobalt blue or a dramatic twilight scene ablaze with fiery hues offers us something beyond our immediate world and glimpses of awe, wonder and dreams.


A vast sky permits us to dream big.


To capture these moments in paint is to evoke that feeling of expansive freedom, that deep breath of fresh air, that sense of perspective that brings a calm to resonate within your space.


Whispers in the Clouds


Shapeshifting, colour changing, sweeping dancing across the landscape in early mornings, clouds are nature's ephemeral masterpieces. Unresistant to change, drifting, floating, pixelating, reforming, they hold stories. Stories of softness, a wispy cirrus streaks. Stories of grandness, monumental, brooding cumulonimbus formations.


Cloudscapes could offer a lifetime of inspiration to the painter. And, painting clouds is meditative process, a dance between capturing their fleeting beauty and imagining the quiet whispers they carry on the wind. It's about finding the subtle shifts in light that transform a grey sky into a tapestry of atmospheric wonder.


Glimpses of the Cosmos


Beyond the clouds lies the lies the breath-taking majesty of the galaxy. On a cloudless night, I can sometimes see the milky way in all of its glory here.


A more abstract view of the sky offers us the opportunity to venture into the cosmic unknown, where we may say nebulae and starts appear like jewels on an inky canvas. Paintings inspired by universal skies offer contrasting deep, rich hues punctuated by luminous points of light, to transport viewers to distant realms. Arising from stardust as we all do, maybe they speak of your own infinite possibilities.


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Each painting is a piece of my artistic soul which I hope will resonate deeply with you.


Wishing you big dreams under a big sky,

Helen Grimbleby

 



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