Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, closed
Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, closed left panel
Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, closed right panel
Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, open
Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, open, centre panel
Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, open left panel
Painting by Paul Critchley 'Por Los Archos De "El Cautivador"'  62 x 161 cm ~ oil on canvas on hardboard, open right panel

The Brief


The brief for this commission was to paint a panorama from the clients' terrace. I decided that the view was just as good at night so I combined day and night in the painting by making it open and close. The shape of the painting was determined by the arches on the terrace and the size by the wall space where the painting would be hung.