Keith Burt Peninsula
Peninsula 2017 Peninsula is an explora2on of the Mornington Peninsula in a dark mood as I remember it from the winter holidays of my youth. Cold wind, icy waters, wet dunes and cypress pines against leaden skies. This work con2nues my fascina2on with the many facets of coastal landscapes. Australian beach scenes are oEen rendered in technicolor or high key, but my own experience of the coast growing up was one of a more subdued paleFe and I have tried to capture this in my recent works.
Sorrento back beach, low 2de October 2016
Sea 4 Oil on canvas 137 x 137 cms
Sea 1 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cms
Sea 2 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cms
Sea 3 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cms
Foreshore Tree Oil on canvas 66 x 60 cms
Portsea Tree Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cms
Rosebud Tree Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cms
Cold Bay Water Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cms
Sorrento Dunes 1, 2, 3 Oil on canvas 25 x 20 cms 25 x 30 cms 25 x 20 cms
Portsea Horizon Oil on canvas 30 x 25 cms
Sea Study 1, 2, 3 Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cms
Tree Study 1, 2, 3 Oil on canvas 20 x 20 cms
Sky, Koonya Cliff, Water Study Oil on canvas 20 x 16 cms 20 x 20 cms 20 x 20 cms
Peninsula Self Oil on canvas 25 x 20 cms