Robert, I suppose it may be surreal in the sense that I was day dreaming when I painted this picture, these are the red and lilac clouds you see in the tropical sunsets, mixed with the rural scenes we normally see in Wales. But it is not a dream like the Dali paintings are, where a bone is near a an egg yolk or things are in a puzzling way.
These are colours which exist in different countries, so it gives you a dreamy quality, but I am sure, if my Welsh neighbour saw this picture she would say: " The grass is not green, so its not Wales " and she would be right, it is not Wales, its somewhere in my imagination, or shall we say in my dreams as you put it. I like that green colour as a sky, so I put it there, only because I like it, regardless if it exists or not in nature, and it worked with the rest of the mood of the picture. The strangeness of the unrealistic colours, also lends a mystery to the picture giving it an unusual significance to an every day scene.
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Hola Maria
Well, it doesn't matter if it isn't an actual scene, as the imagination is just as good. In fact didn't Blake say that the imagination is superior?
PS I think you mixed me up with Victoria.
Hi Victoria
Well, I'm learning about art on this Blog, so maybe I could converse about art at a Christmas party, once the Quality Street chocolates have been opened, of course!
Robert
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