Landscape Abstract

Landscape Abstract
16*20"
$150

 Who said an artist can't interpret the object? Who said colors  have to be realistic? This landscape painting is about the paint, the push and pull of warm vs cold colors and texture. Inspired by Henry Matisse a painter of the Fauvist Group in the early 1900's.  

Here is a description of Matisse's painting style in the Open window, Collioure 

 Matisse
Open Window, Collioure
1905


" In Open Widow, Collioure behind the free, spontaneous expression, one feels the invisible organic reality of nature, balanced against the demands of pictorial science"

In die Karoo: Sleutelfontein II

16*20"
Oil On canvas
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Here is the second in the "Karoo Series" I really like the landscape of the Karoo. My intention is not to make a realistic representation of the landscape because then I could just take a picture with my camera and be done with it. But instead it is an interpretation which involves layering the paint, playing with textures and the push and pull of warm and cold colors.

In die Karoo: Sleutelfontein

16*20
Oil on Canvas
$150

While in South Africa last year we visited my uncles' farm Sleutel fontein. The beauty of the Karoo is so simple. It almost resembles the Prairies, but with cooler looking trees, like the one in the painting. I believe it is a Bloekom Boom.

In die Karoo

16*20"
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Wow! Halt!
Life happens and then before I know it has almost been a month since I promised African Landscapes. Well better late than never. This painting is painted from a picture we took while driving in the Karoo. These huge Aloe-type trees were fascinating. And yes they are really as tall as a building.