Solar Mist
I was thirteen years old. Just after dawn I followed a trail from our cabin down to the banks of the Meramec River. As it rushed over its shallow gravel bed it made soft clattering sounds. In the pale ambient … Continued
Natural Abstraction
In the 1600’s Gerard De Lairesse wrote of the power of paint to awaken a psychological experience through an expressive painterly gesture. He considered our fascination not with realism but, with the ability of painterly gestures to offer alternate identities … Continued
Water and Ice
There were a few especially cold winters in the 16th and 17th century. Some of the evidence comes from paintings. In 1565 Pieter Bruegel painted hungry hunters returning to their frozen village. Ponds and canals were frozen. Painting winter’s snow … Continued