Feux, d'artifice II, after Debussy, 2024, oil on board, 22 x 30 cm

$1,200.00

This moody oil painting interprets Claude Debussy’s Feux d’artifice (Fireworks), a technically demanding composition filled with colour and brilliance. The luminous glow breaking through dark clouds mirrors the music’s sweeping runs and flickering tones, like sparks of light in the night sky. As in Debussy’s piece, the textures build, the harmonies shift, and the energy intensifies, before gradually fading into stillness, suggesting the afterglow of fireworks dissolving into the quiet of night.

  • Medium: Oil paint on plywood, framed in Italian timber, ready to hang

  • Musical Composition that prompted the Painting: Feux d’artifice (Fireworks) by Claude Debussy

  • Genre: Contemporary Australian Landscape Painting, Alla Prima Landscape

  • Style: While this landscape painting adopts a realistic style, it is deeply infused with spiritual and emotive meaning, aligning it with the Romantic tradition of landscape art. Created using the alla prima technique — painting directly in a single sitting — it was completed wet-on-wet to preserve the spontaneity and immediacy of each brushstroke. The work was painted in response to Feux d’artifice (Fireworks) by Claude Debussy, allowing the music to guide the emotional tone and compositional rhythm of the piece.

  • Subject: Golden light breaking through dark storm clouds

  • Colour Scheme: Yellow, Gold, Pale blue, Indigo, Violet, Black, Rose pink

  • Features: This landscape painting captures a dramatic evening sky where golden light pushes through shadowed clouds. The contrast of radiance and darkness evokes the colour, energy, and fleeting brilliance of fireworks, echoing Debussy’s Feux d’artifice in visual form.

  • FAQ Buying a Painting

Contact Corinne to arrange to view this painting in your home ph 0432 922 653

This moody oil painting interprets Claude Debussy’s Feux d’artifice (Fireworks), a technically demanding composition filled with colour and brilliance. The luminous glow breaking through dark clouds mirrors the music’s sweeping runs and flickering tones, like sparks of light in the night sky. As in Debussy’s piece, the textures build, the harmonies shift, and the energy intensifies, before gradually fading into stillness, suggesting the afterglow of fireworks dissolving into the quiet of night.

  • Medium: Oil paint on plywood, framed in Italian timber, ready to hang

  • Musical Composition that prompted the Painting: Feux d’artifice (Fireworks) by Claude Debussy

  • Genre: Contemporary Australian Landscape Painting, Alla Prima Landscape

  • Style: While this landscape painting adopts a realistic style, it is deeply infused with spiritual and emotive meaning, aligning it with the Romantic tradition of landscape art. Created using the alla prima technique — painting directly in a single sitting — it was completed wet-on-wet to preserve the spontaneity and immediacy of each brushstroke. The work was painted in response to Feux d’artifice (Fireworks) by Claude Debussy, allowing the music to guide the emotional tone and compositional rhythm of the piece.

  • Subject: Golden light breaking through dark storm clouds

  • Colour Scheme: Yellow, Gold, Pale blue, Indigo, Violet, Black, Rose pink

  • Features: This landscape painting captures a dramatic evening sky where golden light pushes through shadowed clouds. The contrast of radiance and darkness evokes the colour, energy, and fleeting brilliance of fireworks, echoing Debussy’s Feux d’artifice in visual form.

  • FAQ Buying a Painting

Contact Corinne to arrange to view this painting in your home ph 0432 922 653

Artwork Specifications

Certification: This artwork is an original contemporary Australian landscape painting, signed and dated on the back by the artist.

Art Gallery Quality Premium Materials:

  • Art Spectrum and Windsor & Newton oil paints applied over a Matisse Acrylic Gesso

  • Professional artist-quality plywood board

  • Framed in Brown-black Italian timber

Painting Dimensions: 22 cm (h) x 30 cm (w) x 3 cm (d)

How to Hang Your Painting:
This original landscape painting is easy to install and ideal for display above furniture or in an intimate domestic interior. Best suited to a well-lit space in either modern or traditional interiors, good lighting enhances the full depth and vibrancy of the colour palette.

According to Australian gallery standards, artwork should be hung so the centre of the piece sits approximately 155 cm from the floor. Adjustments can be made based on ceiling height, surrounding furniture, and whether the space is used for sitting (like a dining room) or standing (like a hallway). To preserve its condition, avoid placing oil paintings in direct sunlight, as UV exposure may cause fading or discolouration.

Framing Details:
This original oil painting is currently framed, consistent with how contemporary artworks are often presented in galleries and private collections. It is fitted with professional D-hooks and wire for immediate hanging. Alternate custom framing can be arranged upon request.