Kit GlaisyerFine Artist. Gallery Owner. Exhibit across the UK & Worldwide.

A gentle evening on Eggardon Hill. Oil on canvas. 120x40cm

Name: A gentle evening on Eggardon Hill. Oil on canvas. 120x40cm
Uploaded: 2023-01-31T15:50:54+00:00
Duration: 2 min 59 s
Channel: Kit Glaisyer
Description: In this video, artist Kit Glaisyer discusses his latest work from the Eggedon series—a 48 × 16 in (4‑foot) oil painting titled “A gentle evening on…

31 Jan 2023 · 3 min

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In this video, artist Kit Glaisyer discusses his latest work from the Eggedon series—a 48 × 16 in (4‑foot) oil painting titled “A gentle evening on Eggardon Hill.” He explains that the series stems from a single evening he observed five years ago, which has inspired multiple canvases. Glaisyer outlines his creative workflow: taking sketches and photographs on location, then developing the painting in his studio. He highlights specific technical choices, such as applying very thin paint, scraping certain areas to create veiled forms, and using a warm sky that appears less yellow than intended. The piece is framed in a “box‑frame” or “tray” that leaves a uniform gap around the canvas, giving the impression that the painting hovers. He notes his personal affinity for the blue‑toned composition and mentions that audience response influences how long he keeps a work on display. Finally, he invites viewers to visit his studio, which is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 am to 3 pm, and promises to continue the video series.

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Right, I really enjoyed the last video I made on the little Eggedon piece I sold, so I thought let's do another one on this one. This is one of my favorites at the moment. This is a 4-foot painting, 48 by 16. They're all 3:1 proportion, these, this Eggedon series, and Yeah, this is, uh, I've actually done a whole series. I tend to work— I, I sort of, I tend to be inspired by particular moments that seem to inspire several paintings. And this was one particular evening, it's about 5 years ago I think now. I make sketches and take photographs and sort of just, um, yeah, look at them later in studio and then I start paintings. So this is like the third in this series of this very gentle blue kind of evening on Eggedon. This one I like actually because the Yeah, the paint is very thin, and it's actually scraped off in certain places to sort of give it, yes, a very kind of, um, a veiled form. And then it's got this, uh, sort of warm sky here, um, which actually Yeah, it's not coming out quite as yellow as it actually is. I don't know why, but anyway, I rather like the frame I've put in as well. It's, I think they're called trays. I mean, I call them box frames, but they're like windows and the painting essentially hovers in them, so there's a gap all the way around the edge. And yeah, I painted this one a sort of bluey color to sort of complement it, which I think works really nicely. But it's interesting because I really like this painting. I'm probably going to take it down in a bit because other people enjoy it as well, but I'm always surprised by what other people like. So So if I like this, then I might as well keep it back for a while and put something else up here. So anyway, this is it. I'm open Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 till 3. So do pop in. And yeah, I think I'll keep doing this little series of videos, so keep watching.