Wolf Howling at the Moon
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Wolf and the Red Cloak
A wolf's head in close-up howling across water, while a small red-cloaked figure watches from a far rock.
About the work
- Style
- Monochrome narrative realism using selective, isolated colour.
- Medium
- Oil or acrylic on canvas.
- Palette
- Grisaille throughout, broken by a single pure red - the only colour in the painting.
- Composition
- Horizontal. The wolf is a large mass on the left and the figure tiny on the right, and the extreme contrast of scale across the water carries the whole story.
- Technique
- Fine fur detail on the wolf, breath rendered as soft grey vapour, and the cloak laid in flat and opaque so it reads instantly.
- Mood
- Tense, ominous and fairy-tale - Red Riding Hood retold.
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