untitled winter forest highly textured original by Artist Chris Shopland acrylic on A6 10.5 x 14.8 cm mini canvas
Updated Art Description
“Winter Forest – Mini Acrylic”
I don’t often paint trees — or at least, I didn’t. That’s starting to change, and this mini piece marks part of that shift, though it started with that massive 2 × 1 m commission of Bristol suspension bridge, and cement din smaller works and experiments like this one. Built from thick textures and layers, it’s a small canvas with a surprisingly robust presence, almost sculpted rather than painted.
The snowy trees emerge from a swirl of colour and movement, created through a kind of love affair with the paint itself (I love drips, texture, scraps etc). Every layer sits boldly on the one beneath it, capturing not just a winter scene but the physical joy of pushing, scraping, and shaping paint until the forest /image reveals itself.
This piece is less about depicting nature realistically and more about discovering what paint can become when allowed to build, break, and bloom into form. A tiny landscape — but full of weight, energy, and transformation.
untitled winter forest highly textured original by Artist Chris Shopland acrylic on A6 10.5 x 14.8 cm mini canvas
Updated Art Description
“Winter Forest – Mini Acrylic”
I don’t often paint trees — or at least, I didn’t. That’s starting to change, and this mini piece marks part of that shift, though it started with that massive 2 × 1 m commission of Bristol suspension bridge, and cement din smaller works and experiments like this one. Built from thick textures and layers, it’s a small canvas with a surprisingly robust presence, almost sculpted rather than painted.
The snowy trees emerge from a swirl of colour and movement, created through a kind of love affair with the paint itself (I love drips, texture, scraps etc). Every layer sits boldly on the one beneath it, capturing not just a winter scene but the physical joy of pushing, scraping, and shaping paint until the forest /image reveals itself.
This piece is less about depicting nature realistically and more about discovering what paint can become when allowed to build, break, and bloom into form. A tiny landscape — but full of weight, energy, and transformation.
