Woods Destruction...

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Comment by Resident Curator on September 8, 2012 at 6:00pm

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I appreciate the emotive power in the sparse paring down of plant and animal forms.  Not quite folk-inspired or pictographic, the painting contains a rather sophisticated iconic narrative underneath its straightforward vision.  I’m drawn to the dark animal form in the center and the fragile dying tree, while the orange netting lays coiled, serpent-like in the extreme foreground.  Its intense color, more saturated than the natural surroundings, is a warning of looming and present danger.  The picture manages a bleak picture for the environment, but maintains indistinguishable warmth and charm.  I could also see the patterned peaks in the picture as hopeful, whether in the rocky formation or small braches that push up past the horizon into the decidedly bluer sky.

Comment by Jay Zerbe on April 28, 2009 at 8:01am

i love the orange net with the subdued colors!