"Impending Storm 2" is a masterful study in abstracted naturalism and complex texture, transcending mere landscape. The artist uses a mixed-media approach, layering soft color washes with precise, graphic linework to explore form and movement. The composition achieves dynamic balance by contrasting the stark, ghostly foreground tree with heavy, geological masses. The "Impending Storm" suggests an emotional or atmospheric state, achieved through the tension between ominous dark masses and bursts of warm, striated color in the distant fields.
This piece refines the artist's style, utilizing hatching and pattern to give natural structures a woven or cellular quality. Its artistic depth lies in the juxtaposition of the ethereal and the grounded; flat color planes coexist with energetic, scribbled texture. "Impending Storm 2" is a powerful example of atmospheric abstraction, capturing palpable anticipation with sophisticated execution.
- Subject Matter: Landscape
- Collections: 2. Landscapes + Nature