I was a child, and she was a child in this kingdom by the sea.
I think this probably qualifies as my first-ever landscape painting. I spent more or less all day on it, with a brief break for eating some of my husband's leftover birthday cake.
What a way to enter the world of landscape painting! The purples, greens, and oranges are so suprisingly alive for a scene of woe! In fact, the last thing that caught my eyes as they danced over the colors and textures was the dark sepulcher and the silhouetted figure crouched beside it. There is this whole fantastic kingdom and it means nothing to this figure destroyed by sorrow--so many beautiful place to be, and he is next to the drabbest building. I love how the sepulcher is not central to the painting and not even shown in its entirety.
How beautifully shaded and sculpted are those rocks!
My other favorite part of this painting is the sky, filled with colors and movement. The heavens are weeping with the figure, but my first thought was that there was something going on akin to the Aurora Borealis! It is of course typical to have a landscape reflect the emotional texture of the subject, and I love how you went in the opposite direction here, contrasting his grief with the fairy-tale beauty of the place. Especially with a Poe poem! There should be Gothic all over this baby, but instead the grief is internal and an inability to enjoy the beauties around. Love it!
What a way to enter the world of landscape painting! The purples, greens, and oranges are so suprisingly alive for a scene of woe! In fact, the last thing that caught my eyes as they danced over the colors and textures was the dark sepulcher and the silhouetted figure crouched beside it. There is this whole fantastic kingdom and it means nothing to this figure destroyed by sorrow--so many beautiful place to be, and he is next to the drabbest building. I love how the sepulcher is not central to the painting and not even shown in its entirety.
ReplyDeleteHow beautifully shaded and sculpted are those rocks!
My other favorite part of this painting is the sky, filled with colors and movement. The heavens are weeping with the figure, but my first thought was that there was something going on akin to the Aurora Borealis! It is of course typical to have a landscape reflect the emotional texture of the subject, and I love how you went in the opposite direction here, contrasting his grief with the fairy-tale beauty of the place. Especially with a Poe poem! There should be Gothic all over this baby, but instead the grief is internal and an inability to enjoy the beauties around. Love it!