I’ve been showing a number of the pieces here that are part of my Principle Gallery show that opens on June 10, focusing recently on the more monchromatic work, those pieces in shade of gray and sepia with less color. I thought this painting would be a nice return to the color of my normal work. Called Dusky Dance, it’s a 7″ by 15″ image that rests in a 14″ by 22″ mat and frame.
This image features the intertwined trees that I have sometimes painted over the years, their trunks and limbs rhythmically coming together which brings about the dance of the title. There’s a great moodiness here in the misty orange atmosphere with the sun softly finding its way through.
The landforms are kept low and simple, their compositional impact intentionally kept to a minimum. The piece is really about the feel from the sky with its dusky oranges and yellows, and the the way the trees twist together. As though the the two trees are existing in only the rare atmosphere of that moment which I think is reflected in the extreme focus of this piece. It’s simply put together but intense in its feeling, both aspirations I normally maintain for my work. This makes this a very prototypical piece, one that expresses much of what I feel for my work.
Redtree Times 