Keith Cunningham’s artworks of the sky, including studies in coloured pencil, pastel, watercolour and pen, reveal a rich and varied exploration of one of his most compelling subjects. Cunningham’s skies are dynamic fields of experimentation: sometimes abstract and graphic, sometimes impressionistic and atmospheric, always attentive to light, movement and emotion. Working in coloured pencil and pastel, Cunningham creates vibrant and bold sky studies, inspired by his early training in graphic design. These works stand apart from his more subdued palette elsewhere. Expressive, intense colour and striking contrasts capture shifting skies at different times of day.

Some lean towards abstraction, reducing cloud formations and gradients of light into pure pattern and tone, while others evoke the softness and fluidity of water and air, drawing on impressionistic traditions with a contemporary, distilled edge. In this vast collection, Cunningham returns to the sky not as backdrop but as subject. He explores it as a space of change, reflection and perceptual ambiguity. Whether luminous or brooding, structured or atmospheric, each work invites viewers to pause and reconsider what they see, and how they see it. These sky studies show Cunningham at his most versatile and observational, drawing together colour, line and texture to reflect the shifting relationship between the natural world and the inner eye.