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Forest of Luffness. Painting progress 23

Above: Forest of Luffness 17. Oil on 30×30 inch canvas. Rose Strang 2025

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I’ve been lost in a sea of John Singer Sargent paintings these last few days, particularly this one …

What a beauty. Those dashes of lemon yellow, his incredible understanding of light. I can see this is also a bit of an erotic theme as he was never a very monogamous character, but that’s not what captivates me about this painting. I wish I’d seen it sooner in this series! Then again, we don’t want to be derivative I suppose.

This is the penultimate painting of the series. I might have said that before but I’m creating an extra one just in case. I want the series to be sevent paintings only.

More next week …

Painting process 2: Blocking in colour

Below – the second in my new series following the painting process. This painting is from a news series started this year which takes inspiration from the remains of a Carmelite friary in the mysterious forest of Luffness.

(This series is also on Instagram, for which the series was first itended, hence the upright video format! You can find me on instagram by searching for Rose Strang)