The photo that this painting is based on is amazing; however Bert struggled to capture the incredible moment that he witnessed that morning.
That middle ground had fog layers that floated just above the ground. Very abstract and difficult to paint.
Dimensions: 50x70cm
Painted: 2020
Materials: Acrylic on canvas
Private collection
The story behind Sunrise over Yarra Glen
In future Bert will paint a series of incredible landscapes from the many photographs he has taken of the Yarra Valley.
This painting was intended to be entered into the 2020 Wynne Prize but due to circumstances he could not do so.
This is a disappointing painting for Bert, he painted on an unprepared canvas which was too small. The texture of an unprepared (gesso) canvas doesn’t make painting fine detail easy at all; and this problem plagued him throughout the process of copying the very fine details that are visible in the source image. Compounding this problem was the scale he chose – he used a 50×70 cm canvas instead of 120×180 cm size. And in addition he can see that the colors are substantially different to the source image. Some of that is due to the process of photography.
Source image of realism painting Sunrise over Yarra Glen
Detail views of realism painting Sunrise over Yarra Glen
