Ury blues Still Life sun-baked day at the beach

sun-baked day at the beach

Standing before Monet’s vast panoramic canvases at Tate Britain and MoMA in New York became a lasting source of inspiration for my waterlilies paintings over the years

Inspired by the late Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro

Built in the mid-15th century

Ury blues Still Life sun-baked day at the beach30 x 30 cm Ury House is a building I know well, but it still has a habit of feeling different each time I come back to it. Having lived on the estate for many years, Ive seen it through all sorts of changes, and it has become a familiar part of the landscape. In many of my paintings, the house appears at a distance, almost as part of the wider setting. Here, though, it takes centre stage