Gloaming, 12x9" oil on gessoboard
© Helen Read
Wooden black frame - measures 1" deep and 3/4" across the top
Here in northern IL, December and January - even all the way into March - can be quite gray, and... well, drab.
And the hunger for color begins to gnaw at the artist's heart.
So, this painting is my shout out to color, in response to a monochromatic world.
I used color to say, really, how beautiful the bare landscape can be. The trees with their reflections stand as sentinels keeping watch for the return of life. This painting also has additional depth with texture - the brushstrokes being allowed to sit on top of layers of color.
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