Oil Painting of Skerries boutique, Aquila.
It was autumn when I started scouting out different angles to approach a painting of a local fashion boutique as the annual ‘Best presented shop front’ prize. Tidy Towns had chosen Aquila, so I was dispatched to start work on a small oil painting of the shop’s facade.
For this composition, I chose to include the entire building surrounding the shop, including its classic chimney pots and street trees. The leaves had just turned brown when I began the painting and were starting to fall to the ground by the time I finished it. At a particular time of day the shadows made by the tree branches as they fell against the pale yellow plaster of the old building were quite elegant, so I decided to take more reference photos and work them into the final composition.
I am told the shop owners were delighted with their prize. If you’d like to see the entire painting and not just the segment I’m posting on my website, why not pop into the shop and take a look? It should still be on display just near the counter. Aquila, Oil on Canvas, 21 Strand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin, Ireland.