KENNETH WEBB | Summer Swathes

16" x 40" / 41 x 101 cms 
 
Oil on Canvas
 
The poppy continues to delight Kenneth and is a recurrent theme in his recent paintings. Whether the poppies are in a wildflower meadow, nestled amongst rocks from Kenneth’s Ballinaboy Garden or silhouetted against a vivid Irish sky, he is constantly drawn to the enduring challenge of capturing their simplicity of form in his bold, textured brushstrokes and palette knife swathes of colour. 
 
The tint and colour of the poppy varies so greatly, with season and light and movement. Sometimes the light shi