• Close-up portrait painting of the Eiger mountain by Johny Midnight, dominated by icy blue-white snow and ice textures with dark rock faces and a pale grey lavender sky.
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Gallery Midnight

The Eiger

The Eiger

by Johny Midnight

A private commission - a paraponter who flew around this mountain regularly. Close up, cold, and dominated by icy blues, whites, and grey impasto. The Eiger from the perspective of someone who knew it from the air.

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 commission depicts the Eiger in close-up - the viewer is placed almost on the mountain rather than looking at it from a distance. The painting is dominated by white, ice-blue, and grey, built up with heavy textured marks that give the snow and ice a genuine physical weight on the canvas. The mountain fills the composition from edge to edge, with very little sky visible. Where rock breaks through the snowpack, it appears in dark graphite and warm brown tones - the only warmth in an otherwise cold, icy scene. The sky at the top of the canvas is pale lavender and grey, barely distinguishable from the upper snowfields. This is a painting about proximity and cold - the feeling of being close enough to touch the rock and ice, in a place where the weather determines everything.

  • Artist's Insight

    This painting was made for a paraponter who flew around the Eiger regularly. For him the mountain was not a distant spectacle - it was something he moved alongside, close to its faces, reading its ridges and knowing its moods from the air. I wanted to honour that relationship by painting the Eiger from close up, not from a postcard distance. The heavy impasto textures across the snow and ice fields were applied to give the surface a physical reality - this is not smooth, polished mountain scenery. It is cold, exposed, and immediate. He knew this mountain. The painting needed to feel like he did.

Original Artwork Information

Artwork year created:

Original artwork size: 60 x 96 cm

Original artwork medium: Oil 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

Framing is available exclusively through the gallery. As framing is a highly personal decision and depends on the setting in which the artwork will be displayed, we prefer to discuss framing options directly with collectors. Please contact the gallery to arrange framing for your print.

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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  • Free UK delivery on orders over £250
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  • Europe: £10
  • Rest of World: £15

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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.

Discover more about Johny and Gallery Midnight

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