Autumn by Kimberley Harris: A Seasonal Landscape Made for Pairing
Kimberley Harris has spent more than a decade painting the way light changes the countryside through the day. In Autumn she widens that lens to the year itself. It is one of two seasonal landscapes by Harris at Dane Manor Fine Art, the other being Spring, and together they make one of the more interesting choices in the gallery for collectors who think about a whole room rather than a single picture.
A landscape named for its season
Harris is a landscape painter first and foremost, and Autumn belongs firmly to that body of work. A title like this is an invitation to think about the turning year: the shift in light as the days shorten, and the way the countryside changes character as summer gives way to the colder months. Harris has said that her emphasis is on “colour and light and how one affects the other at different times of the day”, and a seasonal subject carries that interest across the calendar.
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Turner, oils and the palette knife
The roots of Harris's style go back to a childhood visit to a J.M.W. Turner exhibition at the Tate Gallery, made with her father, who loved impressionism. She went on to complete a Diploma in Art and Design in 2005, and returned to painting in earnest in 2014 after an established artist introduced her to oils and the palette knife.
That technique is now central to her work. She builds her landscapes through layering and blending, using the knife to find the right tone, texture and light. The result is painting with a physical surface, where texture catches the light in a room as well as describing it in the picture. Based in Suffolk, she has seen her paintings sold throughout the UK and to collectors in the USA and Australia.
The edition we hold
Dane Manor holds Autumn as a framed limited edition, with an image size of 70 x 90 cm and a framed size of 99 x 119 cm. It is a substantial piece that arrives ready to hang, with a Certificate of Authenticity and fully insured delivery to UK and international addresses.
Autumn and Spring as a pair
Spring is held in exactly the same format, 70 x 90 cm in the image and 99 x 119 cm framed, which makes the two works natural partners. Hung side by side, they turn a wall into a conversation about time passing; hung on facing walls, they give a room balance and rhythm. Some collectors like to begin with one season and add the other later; others prefer the completeness of choosing both together.
The seasonal pair is one of the oldest ideas in art, from painted cycles of the months to sets of prints made for the four seasons, and it still works beautifully in a modern home.
How it sits in a multi-artist collection
Dane Manor's collection runs from pop-culture originals to Jack Vettriano's figurative scenes. Among all that, Harris's landscapes are a natural point of calm. Autumn's seasonal theme gives it a particular usefulness: it can anchor a room through the darker half of the year, and it sits comfortably with richer, moodier work around it.
Living with the piece
At this size, Autumn suits a living room or dining room wall where it can be seen from a few steps back. Side light will pick up the texture of Harris's knife work, and because her paintings are about light, it is worth hanging it where the daylight changes through the day.
Read more about Kimberley Harris at Dane Manor Fine Art, or browse the full gallery.
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