Oil Painting
Oil painter Louis Turpin brings an architectural eye and a sense of abstraction to capture the vibrant life of English gardens and landscapes.
By John A. Parks
Deep in the Garden (oil on canvas, 26x28) by Louis Turpin
British artist Louis Turpin makes oil paintings that bring the experience of being in a garden right onto the gallery wall. He recreates the luscious colors of blooms and foliage in English gardens in vibrant layers of paint while rendering forms, from flowers to leaves to trees, with a graphic clarity.
For Turpin, the illusion of three dimensions is always secondary to the demands…