Taking a stroll...

Taking a stroll, a walk outside the studio environment and out into the unknown spaces of the world; inspiration arising from the environment which the walk takes you on. 

A simply idea really,

Just ask Ross Loveday...

..."My inspiration comes from many places – the Saltmarshes of North Norfolk, the Pembrokeshire coast, or on walks closer to home in Essex – but the location itself isn't that important. I want to convey an atmosphere – the essence of the place – and to capture the mood and light of a particular moment rather than its topography. The subjects are only the starting points, sometimes a small insignificant detail or texture – a thorn bush by a path or twigs poking through the snow – triggers a new print."

His description exemplifies the power which his composition's present, the power of form and contrast not simply representing shape but rather atmosphere, emotion. This is what one gains from the acquisition of his paintings, an insight into a place, not the outer but the inner emotional core. Personification through expression, creating pieces which are working on many different layers. At first glance the last two and particularly the final example are not aesthetically pleasing; yet these resonate more deeply than any other. The gouges of the last speak of a deeper emotion, not simply the beauty of a the colour's which we conventionally  perceive.