Original Oil Painting: Church of the Holy Cross, Mwnt

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Oil painting of the historic white Church of the Holy Cross at Mwnt under a golden coastal light, painted with a palette knife by Chris Chalk.

  • Title: Church of the Holy Cross, Mwnt
  • Medium: Oil on stretched canvas
  • Size: 24" x 18" x 0.75" (60 cm x 45 cm x 2 cm)
  • Price: £450 unframed
  • Status: Available

The beautiful church at Mwnt (Church of the Holy Cross. Welsh: Eglwys y Grog) is captured here in the late afternoon, with the warm sunlight hitting the bell-tower and long shadows cast across the ground by the ancient grave stones. Look closely and you'll spot the sea in the distance.

I used a palette knife to apply luscious, thick layers of paint in the foreground. This impasto technique creates a tactile, three-dimensional texture that pulls the viewer into the scene, guiding your eye past the vibrant wild gorse and heather, along the rolling hillside, and toward the distant, shimmering sea beyond.

Original oil painting of Mwnt Church on the artist's easel in his art studio with brushes and art equipment on display.

This piece was painted directly from field studies along the Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion borders. I wanted to capture the exact moment the coastal light turns golden, transforming the simple, white-washed stone of Mwnt Church into a beacon against the hills.