Flow of Time
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 36 inches
The long narrow shape of this painting mimics and reflects the flow of the river along the shore. The colours echo that time when autumn is holding its breath before the deep freeze of winter, when all will be covered in white. Everything seems caught in that moment of transition from one state to another.
Life is full of these transition moments. I am in one now as I move from the autumn into the winter of my life. I feel suspended in time – caught in this breath-holding moment, not quite sure how to navigate through the change – yet knowing that life does not stand still but moves along in the flow of time.
Why did I chose to move towards abstraction in this painting? I chose only to suggest and not show the details of the landscape to depict the feeling of transition from one state to another. By diminishing the shoreline and water shapes, I was able to use an external natural scene as a metaphor for internal emotions.
$425
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 36 inches
The long narrow shape of this painting mimics and reflects the flow of the river along the shore. The colours echo that time when autumn is holding its breath before the deep freeze of winter, when all will be covered in white. Everything seems caught in that moment of transition from one state to another.
Life is full of these transition moments. I am in one now as I move from the autumn into the winter of my life. I feel suspended in time – caught in this breath-holding moment, not quite sure how to navigate through the change – yet knowing that life does not stand still but moves along in the flow of time.
Why did I chose to move towards abstraction in this painting? I chose only to suggest and not show the details of the landscape to depict the feeling of transition from one state to another. By diminishing the shoreline and water shapes, I was able to use an external natural scene as a metaphor for internal emotions.
$425