Caburn Triptych #4 is a large atmospheric mixed-media work inspired by repeated walks to Mount Caburn on the South Downs near Lewes. Measuring 196cm × 122cm, the work is composed of three tall vertical panels that combine to form a continuous landscape rhythm — a visual equivalent of walking, breathing, and listening.
The surface is deeply textured and tactile, constructed from layered canvas and fabric embedded into the wooden panels. These strata evoke the physical structure of the Downs — chalk paths worn by centuries of footsteps, exposed ridges, and a sense of time and timelessness. Horizontal bands move across the panels like geological memory or musical phrasing, creating a slow unfolding sense of distance and space.
The palette is luminous and airy, dominated by soft sky blues, pale chalk whites, and muted stone greys, balanced by earthy ochres, moss greens, and warm umber tones that suggest the slopes and fields below the ridge. Areas of scraped and scored paint have allowed earlier layers to emerge, giving the surface a weathered, wind-worked character.
Across the panels, energetic linear marks and clustered bursts of colour suggest thistles, seed heads, and grasses moving in the Downs wind. Fine drawn lines and incised marks trace shifting paths and invisible currents of air, creating a sense of quiet movement throughout the composition.
Like the experience of walking the Caburn paths, the work unfolds. The three panels operate like movements in a piece of music: repeating motifs appear and dissolve, pauses alternate with intensity, and the eye travels across the surface in a measured rhythm. The painting holds a balance between stillness and motion, landscape and memory, structure and improvisation.
Finished with a soft wax varnish, the surface has a gentle sheen that enhances the physical depth and invites close viewing and touch.
It is a contemplative and musical work rooted in the South Downs landscape, translating walking, weather, and time into layered texture and gesture.
Medium: Mixed media with layered canvas on wooden panels
Dimensions: 196cm × 122cm
Series: Caburn
Finish: Wax varnish to enhance tactility
Caburn Triptych #4 is a large atmospheric mixed-media work inspired by repeated walks to Mount Caburn on the South Downs near Lewes. Measuring 196cm × 122cm, the work is composed of three tall vertical panels that combine to form a continuous landscape rhythm — a visual equivalent of walking, breathing, and listening.
The surface is deeply textured and tactile, constructed from layered canvas and fabric embedded into the wooden panels. These strata evoke the physical structure of the Downs — chalk paths worn by centuries of footsteps, exposed ridges, and a sense of time and timelessness. Horizontal bands move across the panels like geological memory or musical phrasing, creating a slow unfolding sense of distance and space.
The palette is luminous and airy, dominated by soft sky blues, pale chalk whites, and muted stone greys, balanced by earthy ochres, moss greens, and warm umber tones that suggest the slopes and fields below the ridge. Areas of scraped and scored paint have allowed earlier layers to emerge, giving the surface a weathered, wind-worked character.
Across the panels, energetic linear marks and clustered bursts of colour suggest thistles, seed heads, and grasses moving in the Downs wind. Fine drawn lines and incised marks trace shifting paths and invisible currents of air, creating a sense of quiet movement throughout the composition.
Like the experience of walking the Caburn paths, the work unfolds. The three panels operate like movements in a piece of music: repeating motifs appear and dissolve, pauses alternate with intensity, and the eye travels across the surface in a measured rhythm. The painting holds a balance between stillness and motion, landscape and memory, structure and improvisation.
Finished with a soft wax varnish, the surface has a gentle sheen that enhances the physical depth and invites close viewing and touch.
It is a contemplative and musical work rooted in the South Downs landscape, translating walking, weather, and time into layered texture and gesture.
Medium: Mixed media with layered canvas on wooden panels
Dimensions: 196cm × 122cm
Series: Caburn
Finish: Wax varnish to enhance tactility
