Colors are like a calendar; the passage of time is charted by the landscape’s color shifts. Colors can also act as an indicator of other environmental changes. Studied over time, they may point to a shift in the times when certain plants sprout and bloom or when the rains begin and end. Colors also carry a psychological impact, subtly affecting our personal relationships with place. If the landscape is manipulated, changing the progression and patterns of color, what impact does that have on us?
The Clark Fire burned the old-growth forest of Fall Creek in 2003. The landscape’s colors are bisected as if a barrier wall had been erected. The left-half of the painting represents the colors of the burned area; the right-half refers to the colors of the old-growth forest.
- Subject Matter: Abstract Landscape
- Created: 2011
- Collections: Distillations of Place