Whilst on a visit to Madrid in December I discovered the work of Emile Nolde in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum which has a fabulous collection. He was a German/Dane born in Jutland and he was gaining prominence with his Expressionist style of art at the start of the WW2. He was banned by Hitler for his controversial style and he took to painting the most exciting watercolours in secret.
I chose pastels in my homage to Emile Nolde set in the Yorkshire Wolds. Long winter shadows of trees across a ploughed field in the late afternoon. Solitary oak and distant larch ablaze with the sun of remnant golden leaves and needles. Next homage will be a watercolour
