Although in a small format this is a marvellous insight into the painter’s working method: an archetypical plein air study. Looking up from Concordia and in a few deft brushstrokes, Hart Dyke managed to create an enormous sense of distance between the 6,256-metre Marble Peak and K2 emerging from the cloud many kilometres to the north. The abstract squiggle of light umber spilling off the right of Marble Peak seems to offset K2’s mighty summit brilliantly.

- William Mitchell, K2 Artistic Expeditions: James Hart Dyke & Vittorio Sella, 2026

See all the paintings in K2: James Hart Dyke at our London exhibition, which then travels to the Forte di Bard. You can also browse more works by James Hart Dyke or read his biography.