john constable notes

The Hay Wain

6ft long weird length very big usually smaller. Where he grew up woman washing farmers working dog barking. fathers a land owner. industrial revolution taking jobs away photos relaxed and rural. classical landscape used to be called noon see no faces farmers in the back become nature his own personal experience the sound of water escaping from slimy posts and brickwork. these scenes made me a painter. lack of finish everything had to be smoothly painted he deliberately created a rough surface to feel the nature of the painting. carefully composed memory.