"Roadside Shed"
oil on panel 11" x 14"
"Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions
to the order of the possible."
Balthus
Could not pass up this deserted old shed along a rural road somewhere in the White Mountains, near the border of New Hampshire and Maine. Seems the buildings are slowly sinking back into the tangled grasses and saplings rubbing against the walls - only the power line pole still keeps its posture erect. I find these sorts of places magical in the combination of the temporal man-made and the relentless natural - a visual tension that defines the space. The painting just tries to capture the essence of that tension.
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