One of the main ideas i was playing around with in my work this year was the sublime. The sublime being that feeling of awe you get from something that is either extremely beautiful or terrifying. Artists like John Martin and Caspar David Friedrich would often explore this idea within there works. Whilst my painting may  give of a resonance of beauty the scene itself is one of horror and destruction. A fair few people have mistaken this piece for a sunset whereas in actual fact it's supposed to be a nuclear blast and ruins of what once was. If you look closely at it you can pick out the straight and hard edges of man-made objects.