This significant, large-scale canvas by James Watkins is a key-note work which embodies the earlier Red Roof Series while referencing the exciting new Boathouse Series. The length of this work allows the artist to give free-reign to the composition of a mesmerising landscape which is both familiar and strange.

In this dramatic 'big sky' painting Watkins creates an expanse of rolling dark clouds against a vibrant background of Yves Klein blue. International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep blue hue first mixed, and later patented, by the French artist Yves Klein. Its visual impact, seen to great effect in this latest work by James Watkins, comes from a heavy reliance on Ultramarine.