Artist Kit Glaisyer grew up without TV or computers, watching storms by the fire, which drew him to dramatic weather in his paintings. His "Eggedon" series builds glazes over months to create subtle color depth in oil, and he approaches every commission as the best possible painting of that moment.
I remember particularly as a child growing up, we didn't have a TV or a computer in the house, so it was just sat around the fire with the howling winds outside. And for me, a stormy day is actually far more interesting to paint than a nice sunny day. So, and just also by the range of subject matter. That I'm given throughout the seasons. It's great. Nature just gives me everything that I need. My paintings of Eggedon in particular, I just thought that would be a relatively quick series of works, which I really enjoy. It's always a balance between the flourish of the brush mark as well as utilizing the the sort of material qualities of oil paint that time can achieve. So with oil paint, you can build up glazes of color over, in my case, several months often, and just get the absolute subtlety that you want. And that's what I— so every commission I do, for instance, I want it to be the very best painting, the very best capturing of that moment possible, and that's why I feel so excited about doing this work.
