Dido & Aeneas

The second painting I did was of the overture to Dido & Aeneas by Purcell. A needed contrast from Black Angels. This piece is all joy, colour, summer. I used watercolour and worked out my colour palette in my sketchbook beforehand. I was pleased with the end result.

However I was even more pleased, thrilled, when Sally, the wife of John Butt a professor of music at Glasgow University and music director of the Dunedin Consort, asked to buy it to give to her husband. John is conducting a performance of the opera at the Barbican this summer with the Dunedin Consort.

To have someone of this standing, who knows the music so well connect with my artwork is just a huge privilege! Hopefully the painting will be arriving at the home today.