 |
| unsigned southwestern landscape |
Southwestern landscapes offer endless inspiration to those willing to pause a while in order to witness the morphing scenery which gradually changes its palette and your focus with each passing hour and every new season.
The more time I've spent on the rough, old porches of our hilltop house overlooking Table Top Mesa and Granite Mountain to the south, Chino Valley and Mingus Mountains to the east and San Francisco Peaks and the Mogollon Rim further north, the more I understand why art bins in local thrifts and stalls at local art fairs are filled with attempts to capture the splendor of the vast and diverse, Western horizon.
Most of the art I've pulled from the bins, boxes and shelves over the years has been speedily returned to them, but occasionally I come across a piece that catches my breath and utterly delights me.
Inspiring me to hunt for treasures again and again.
The unsigned landscape above, which I feel so perfectly reflects the light and layers of southwestern vista, is one such example.
I'm happy to say that this painting found a new place to hang when our Airbnb guests (and wonderful, new friends) fell in love with the it. Just as I had. It now hangs on a wall at the opposite ends of the world from where it was created, in Brooklyn, New York.
No comments:
Post a Comment