by sara maconkey
Acrylic
h: 70 w: 50 d: 5 (cms).
Botantic is a study of a palm house in the Royal Edinburgh Botanical Gardens while I was visiting my sister Deborah. I took myself off to explore the gardens taking photos and doing quick sketches. It was a rainy day but sunny and in this painting I tried to capture the light shining through the palm house windows onto the plants.
It was a poignant memory that day as my dear uncle Russell died suddenly back in Northen Ireland and through this distressing shock for me and all my family. I wanted to repaint the atmosphere of quietness and peacefulness I felt that day in the Botanical Gardens.