This is a piece I recently completed, part of a series of small paintings (this one is only 4″ square) of interiors with windows. There’s something in the geometry of these pieces, in the way the simple elements react with each other in the available space that really attracts me.
There’s also a very contemplative feel inherent in these scenes. There seems to be a direct reaction or at least a relationship to the outside scene by the objects inside, as though they somehow relate to their experience. I think this gives these pieces a certain amount of self-propelling life, allowing them to say more than the individual elements could when taken alone.
I haven’t titled this piece yet but the term Autumn Sparse came to mind. There’s a real spare quality in both the insterior and exterior scenes here that reminds me of autumn, both the season and that of the middle-age period of humans. The leaves have fallen from the trees and there’s a cool air feel in the open window and clean lines of the interior. A time to brace for coming winter…
Redtree Times 