Description
Summer Hues
Acrylic on Unstretched Canvas
130 × 90 cm
R11 000
Summer Hues is a large, exuberant abstract alive with warmth and light. Bright coral, peach, sky blue, rose-pink and sunny yellow break across the canvas in loose, energetic strokes, criss-crossed by darker linear marks and finished with soft runs of paint along the lower edge. Julie Tugwell layers the colours freely, so warm and cool tones weave together into a shimmering, sunlit haze.
The painting radiates the feeling of high summer, heat, colour and easy movement, without describing any single scene. Passages of paint advance and recede, giving the surface real depth and vibrancy, while the gestural marks lend it spontaneity and joy. It is bright and uplifting, yet the muted underlayers keep it sophisticated rather than merely loud.
At 130 × 90 cm this generous canvas brings instant colour and energy to a large wall. Its warm, optimistic palette makes it a natural focal point for a living room, dining space, bright hallway or creative office, where it can lift the mood of a room and hold the eye from across the space.
Style
Julie Tugwell is a contemporary South African artist whose work shares qualities with expressive, colour-led traditions, favouring energetic brushwork and heightened, emotive colour over strict realism. In her abstracts she builds atmosphere through layered hues, gesture and movement rather than fine detail, letting the surface glow and breathe. She captures the feeling and vitality of a moment rather than a literal likeness, creating original artworks that bring warmth, character and considered sophistication to contemporary interiors.
Please note: Images are provided as a guide to the artwork’s size and style. As each original painting is photographed under different lighting conditions and viewed on different screens, colours may vary slightly from the original artwork.
