Sarah Derby
Summer Dorset Hills, Looking Towards the Coast., 2026
Oil on board
36.5 x 30.5 cm.
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I painted this small panel en plein air during a hot summer session on West Dorset’s Eggardon Hill. To lead the eye over the hills and toward the Jurassic Coast,...
I painted this small panel en plein air during a hot summer session on West Dorset’s Eggardon Hill. To lead the eye over the hills and toward the Jurassic Coast, I positioned myself in the shade of a tree facing a downhill track. Rather than capturing the landscape's early summer greenery, I chose to paint a dreamy premonition of the parched, bleached terrain it would become after subsequent heatwaves.