Cable Bay, Nelson
"Curvy Cable Bay", Nelson (Original) Dec 2023.
Oil on board. Dimensions: 900mm wide x 600mm tall, plus the framing.
**Framed in a beautifully hand made NZ timber frame, stained dark.
*** NEW WORK COMING - sorry this piece is sold. I have two more Cable Bay works in progress. Both will be a different vibe to this one. Register your interest via the contact page, and have first look once they're ready, or ask about commissioning one.
INSPIRATION
Nelson's Cable Bay is a bit of a locals' best kept secret, being slightly off the tourist trail.
Tasman Bay and the ocean is precariously and somewhat awkwardly joined to a muddy tidal inlet, via a causeway that leads to Peppin Island. At low tide, it's blue on one side, and mud brown on the other.
A lot of my work celebrates either the humble tidal mud flat, or majestic New Zealand mountains.
So this was the perfect composition for one of my works - a good ol' mud flat, paired with a geometric, peaky NZ mountains range!
The greens give a sense of peace and tranquility. The foreground hills are curvy, leading to the harder, peaky mountains behind, with the sheep in the foreground adding some life.
I used glazing techniques, thin layers of color to build up depth and form.