Reign of Light
This is a new painting that I’m calling Reign of Light for the time being. It’s a 30″ square canvas, a size that is large enough to give the piece real impact in a space. I’m finding that it has a very commanding presence in the studio, one that immediately pulls the eye to it and holds it.
For me, there’s an ethereal quality in the sky, as though all the many strokes of color represent the deconstruction of time as we know it. Time breaking apart into fragments of color and light of which we can see only a portion from our earthbound positions. On one hand, I see the tree in this piece as the seeker, the dreamer. The climber who is driven by a longing to find a new and higher position from which to see and better understand the world.
But another part of me thinks that maybe that’s too romantic a view for this piece because it seems also like a statement of power, as though the tree is holding court and the multitude of lights that gather above are at it beck and call.
An interesting pull between two separate viewpoints, one of strength and command and the other of wonderment. Perhaps there is room for both viewpoints here in this painting. Maybe it comes down to one seeking power from understanding the patterns and processes of the universe and passing that power on to others so that all can benefit.
But then again, maybe it’s just a painting of a tree out in some fields. Nothing more.
Such is art.
Redtree Times 