Country Paddock View

“Country Paddock View” features all the hallmarks of a classic Pro Hart – rich red-brown foreground, brilliant skies, brushy trees. Although painted with a soft light in the early hours of the day, the intense sunlight which later in the day bakes the landscape is hinted at in the bare paddock in the foreground. This serene painting beautifully depicts the past and the present: hardship, hope and renewal. There is a sense of desolation in the ruins of an old cottage and haphazard fencing constructed from whatever material was to hand juxtaposed with fresh tyre marks on a well-driven track and new growth in the middle ground.