Thank you very much, you were pretty spot-on! This is a vague re-interpretation of a dark, lonely road that is my favorite part about my bike ride home from work. I don’t exactly live in the middle of nowhere, but this specific road is surrounded by vast fields to the left and right, with a row of dark, newly developed houses off in the distance.
I find this aesthetic to be very interesting, a peaceful emptiness as you described. The silhouettes of the empty homes pierce the horizon with blackness. I wouldn’t say that Silent Hill was a direct influence to this piece, but given Silent Hill’s massive impact and influence on pretty much everything I do, I wouldn’t deny it :)
The colors were very difficult to pull off here, as this was actually the “last straw” for me in the sense that I decided to look into purchasing black watercolor paper as opposed to white (which this was painted on.) Even though the white paper is decent, loading all of those colors in put some stress on the paper. I’ve got a few similar paintings coming out soon, and I intend on using the black paper. I think they should turn out pretty neat. Thank you for the review!