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accomplished in that day’s painting.
This approach is based on attention and dedication to the process of seeing and responding to nature in paint. Henri’s book, The Art Spirit is' an inspiration to read and is a very useful book for anyone wishing to embrace the need to paint.
The landscapes in this show are created from simple bands or masses with smaller shapes being in relation to larger masses of trees, water, mountains or fields. Two of the smallest, “Flint Hill Pastoral” and “Urbana Creekside” are perfectly seen and felt as abstract arrangements of shape and color. They are gentle gems.
“Shenandoah Farm” shows us the roofline of a yellow farmhouse and outbuildings resting below a rising hill, as an expanse of rolling field, dotted with haybales, leads us away. Man-made structures play a small role in the balance they share with the larger masses of the natural world. Man’s quiet presence in nature is clearly felt in these paintings.
“Crocosmia” is the strongest painting in the show. A stand of red garden flowers breaks into a white picket fence, as another fence line leads the eye to a mass of trees. The brushwork moves the eye on out to
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