"The Field"
54 x 41.25 inches
Acrylic on Canvas

“Visiting the fields is more sacred than visiting the temples because our existence is based on fields and not on temples!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

The inspiration for this painting was a field that I often see on my daily walks. The colors have sparked my imagination since the Spring when the colors were fresh and vibrant. Now, they are changing to darker hues. Various plant life is scattered in this field adding to the wild drama playing out in the desert landscape. You can see the seasons in the color fields of yellow, green, orange - spring, summer, and fall. The tall marks are tall grasses and other flora growing on the field.

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
There is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
The world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase each other
Doesn't make any sense."
–Out Beyond Ideas of Wrongdoing and Rightdoing –Rumi