• Abstract painting of the Aiguille du Midi by Johny Midnight in Prussian blue and turquoise with a split sky and ice floe textures created with oil and acrylic.
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Gallery Midnight

Aiguille Blue

Aiguille Blue

by Johny Midnight

The Aiguille du Midi with the sky split in two - deep navy and teal on one side, turquoise on the other. Oil and acrylic resist each other to create fractured, ice-like textures. Abstract, unapologetic, and entirely itself.

Limited edition fine art prints, hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Once the edition is sold out, it will not be reproduced.

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  • Artwork Description

    This abstract work depicts the Aiguille du Midi, at 3,850 metres the highest skiable cable car in the world and gateway to the Vallee Blanche. The sky is split decisively down the canvas - deep, saturated navy and teal on the left, a lighter turquoise on the right - with the mountain rising between the two halves as the single focal point. The peak is recognisable in silhouette even through the abstraction, its distinctive needle form unmistakeable. Oil and acrylic applied in combination create the complex surface textures across the painting, the two materials resisting each other to produce fractures, bubbles, and ice-like patterns that feel more honest to glacial surfaces than any conventional brushwork. The colour across the mountain forms shifts between dark and light, suggesting the way light moves across exposed rock and ice at extreme altitude.

  • Artist's Insight

    To me, the Aiguille du Midi has always looked slightly ridiculous - an impossibly sharp spike with a telecom mast on top, like an upside-down ice cream cone. But ridiculous or not, it is one of the most impressive mountain peaks in the entire Alps. This version keeps it simple: split sky, strong silhouette, ice floe textures. The combination of oil and acrylic is something I return to specifically when I want to depict glacial or icy surfaces - the way they resist each other and then fracture as they dry is more honest to ice than anything a brush can produce alone.

Original Artwork Information

Artwork year created:

Original artwork size: 50 x 60 cm

Original artwork medium: Oil and acrylic on canvas

Original artwork status: SOLD

Print Details

Gallery Midnight limited edition fine art prints are available in A2 and A3 sizes. Edition sizes vary depending on the artwork.

Edition Details

  • A3 Limited Edition of 100
  • A2 Limited Edition of 100
  • Printed on archival matt fine art paper
  • Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
  • Certificate of authenticity included

Framing

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Original paintings are typically presented on stretched canvas and do not require framing.

Please contact the gallery for framing advice or to arrange framing

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Packaging

Limited Edition Prints

All limited edition prints are carefully packaged in protective cardboard tubes to ensure they arrive safely and in excellent condition. This method protects the artwork during transit and allows the print to be professionally framed once received.

Original Paintings

Original paintings are typically collected from the gallery or arranged for delivery separately. Please contact the gallery to discuss shipping options for original artworks.

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About the Artist

Johny is a painter and founder of Gallery Midnight in Balham. His work is often described as “abstract on reality”, capturing familiar landscapes, seascapes and city scenes with expressive colour and movement. Influenced by a life spent between London, the Alps and the Caribbean, his paintings explore changing light, atmosphere and energy, inviting viewers to see well-known places in new and unexpected ways.

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