Autumn on Windermere

Painted in December 2005, the subject is a sailing boat on Windermere in the English Lake District, a famously stunning area of mountains and lakes in the north-west of England. It is based on a photograph that we took from the lake boat on Windermere while we were on a family holiday. The week had begun with storms and flooding, but by the time of this photo, it was a calm and mellow autumn afternoon in October. Sailing and rowing are very popular on the mere, and the reflection of the sails in the waves was a large part in my choice of this particular image for a painting, as well as the contrast of the autumn colours with the bright blue of the sky in the water.

This original painting is in acrylic on a flat canvas panel. The size is 457mm x 356mm (18" x 14"), and it is unframed.