Blue Hour

This oil painting by South Devon based artist Louise Kelly portrays Woodbury Common during the blue hour, capturing that fleeting moment when night gives way to dawn and the world is washed in cool, diffused light.

The sky dominates the composition, layered with deep indigos, soft teals, and shifting slate-blue clouds. These clouds sweep diagonally across the canvas, creating a sense of quiet motion and atmospheric depth. Near the horizon, a band of warm golden light breaks through—subtle yet luminous—hinting at the sun just below the edge of view. 

Beneath this expansive sky, the heathland of Woodbury Common lies dark and understated, rendered in deep greens and shadowy browns. The land is quiet, almost silhouetted, emphasizing the vastness and moodiness of the sky while grounding the scene in a familiar Devon landscape.

The painting conveys a contemplative, atmospheric calm—an intimate moment of stillness where light is just beginning to return, and the world feels suspended between night and day.

Dimensions including the white, wooden frame are: