Celebration of Light

Celebration of Light is a painting celebrating colour and light of the Australian landscape. A very soothing and tranquil painting where sky, clouds come together to create this beautiful harmonious landscape. Capturing the beautiful colours of the Australian landscape , browns, ochre and pastels against the light colours of the sky. Light covering the landscape and capturing the beautiful rhythms and shades of the outback .Painted in a very expressionistic way with oil paints, with lots of layers of paint . I tried to create so much depth in the painting and lots of texture .A very harmonious composition of colours and forms that makes it a very poetic and romantic painting . This painting does not come with an external frame.The painting is signed and dated 2023 at the back and comes with a certificate of Authenticity.

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Theo Papathomas is formally trained, having completed a BA in Fine art at RMIT University, full-time artist based in Melbourne Australia. Theo considers himself an experimental artist using different mediums and various styles always challenging his practice. Theo's inspiration comes from being part of the Australian landscape, witnessing and experiencing the energy of its dramatic seasonal change. The richness and unpredictable command of intuitive painting capture Theo's memories of the landscape's mesmerizing rhythms. The Australian Landscape has an immense spirituality, which Theos aims to evoke in his constructed landscapes of images derived from life. The images and symbols which are represented in Theo's work completely spontaneous and intuitive without using any drawings as a guide. Theo tries to charge his paintings full of emotion and spirituality, and transport the viewer into a new experience. Theo's vibrant palette aims to capture the spirit of this land, often associated with the great Australian outback.