Art in the field
OLD and difficult wading as the evening gathers is making you think of calling it a day, when suddenly a salmon breaks the water, massive and muscular, beating upstream through the dusk. For Chris Sharp, such moments are the reason to paint. He says: “The subtle colours of the salmon are always different. I have developed the use of a glazing medium in my work; there are layers and layers of colour in the glazes, which gives a translucent effect. It
