I could believe that sleep was loose around me captures the dreamlike stillness of a landscape enveloped by enormous, softly billowing clouds. Light catches their shifting forms, creating moments of brightness against the cooler tones of the open moorland. There is a sense of being completely immersed in the scene, as though you have stepped into the painting itself, wandering beneath the vast sky and following the changing light towards the distant horizon. Autumnal colours bring warmth to the landscape, while the crispness of the air and the quiet movement of the clouds create a feeling of space, calm and quiet wonder.

Built through layers of oil paint, the surface combines expressive marks and subtle variations in colour to create depth and atmosphere. Sweeping passages of paint echo the movement of the clouds, while shifts between light and shadow draw you further into the landscape. The result is a place that feels both tangible and elusive, suspended somewhere between a remembered walk and a dream.

Materials: oils, cold wax, gold leaf

Image size: 51 x 41 cm

Framed size: 67 x 56.5 cm

Frame type: Wooden St Ives style frame hand painted with Little Greene Portland Stone