peintre

The last minutes of a summer evening in the Swedish archipelago, as the sun goes down behind the low islands. The sky and water are built from short, thick dabs of paint that read as pure colour up close and turn into flickering light from a distance.

A lemon branch hangs over a sunlit terrace in Menton, with a stone balustrade and a blue wrought-iron canopy behind it. Thick strokes of yellow and green against the calm lines of the architecture.

The medieval village of Dolceacqua in Liguria, seen from above, with its arched stone bridge over the river. Terracotta roofs and yellow houses among thick green foliage.

A Negroni in a cut-glass tumbler, with a square of ice and a slice of orange. Glowing reds and oranges against cool blues, and paint thick enough to feel the glass.

A French country manor in early evening, its large windows lit from inside. Warm light against the cool blues and greens of the garden.

A portrait of the painter’s father in a thick sweater, in the cold of Lapland. A palette of blues and heavy texture in the wool and the background.

A twisted tree on a windswept Breton coast under a bright blue sky. The branches are built up in impasto so thick they seem to grow out of the canvas.

A river in northern Sweden, crossed by a power line. Pale skies and thick strokes on the water, where the landscape and the line live side by side.

Tall trunks in a forest, the treetops in soft light and the undergrowth in cooler, darker tones. Painted with a palette knife.

Slender trees lean in different directions under a bright sky that breaks through the leaves. Dappled yellows and browns on the forest floor.