Prevailing Light by David Ridley
An original seascape by David Ridley, with amber-tinged storm cloud breaking over dark hills, light flooding down to shimmer across a textured sea. Available framed in black or white.
Prevailing Light by David Ridley is a wide, atmospheric seascape built around a dramatic break in heavy weather. Dense cloud in warm bronze, umber and grey gathers above the horizon, worked with pronounced texture that gives it real physical weight, before parting at its centre to reveal a bright, almost white gap where light pours through onto a pair of dark, silhouetted hills below. That light carries straight down into the water, rippling outward in long horizontal bands of silver, blue and soft gold across a deep, textured sea.
The composition’s near-symmetrical structure, cloud mirrored by its glowing reflection in the water, gives the piece a sense of calm and inevitability fitting to its title, light finding its way through even the heaviest weather. Ridley’s richly worked, impasto surface is especially pronounced in the cloud formation, giving it an almost sculptural presence against the smoother, more fluid brushwork of the sea.
As an original piece, signed by the artist, this is a one-of-a-kind work available framed in either black or white, both finishes letting the painting’s warm, tonal depth take centre stage. It would suit a calm, contemporary space looking for a bold, atmospheric focal point.
Specifications
- Image Size: 100 x 75 cm
- Framed Size: 106 x 81 cm
- Original artwork
- Available in black or white frame
