Painting in a Provencal vineyard, it's easy to understate, and difficult to exaggerate, the intensity and purity of the colors of plants, ground, cast shadows, and distant mountains.
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4 comments:
The expressive movement of the dark vine branches reminded me of a phrase from a poem, "The Woodlot" by Amy Clampitt, written about apple trees: "..under apple trees like figures in a ritual,..."
Love it! So abstract yet representing it all beautifully at the same time.
Thanks for that quote, Altoon. Those vines seemed like dancers to me as I was painting them...
Thanks for writing, Suzanne. This was one of those paintings (many are like this, actually) where I thought I was getting down the color and design that was so beautiful, right there in front of me, but by the end thought, maybe not. So I appreciate your seeing the abstraction in this one.
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