Thatched Cottages at Cordeville

The peaceful thatched cottages, which can still be seen in old photographs, seem to have been lifted by some powerful telluric force that has dilated them. The wild, swirling design makes the roof undulate, sends the tree branches up in spirals, transforms the clouds into arabesques... Moreover, the image is worked in thick impasto with real furrows gouged into the paint. It is clear that this artist is not overwhelmed as the Romantics were by the awe-inspiring landscape.