Turbulent Lands with Golden Spiral Armature
- Material
- Oil
- Size
- 15x25
The main hill leads up to the right along the Baroque Diagonal passing through the eye of the Spiral, the intentional location of the focus of the painting. The secondary focus is across the painting at the upper left polar point. For this painting, the Dynamic Symmetry Armature was an important tool (along with the spiral). A squeegee was employed to lay out the straight edges along the armature’s lines). This photo was taken before the painting was finished but one can see how the armature was employed.
Juried into the 2024 New Mexico Masterworks Exhibit: Mar 22-Apr 14. Thrilled to hear that my entry into the prestigious annual Masterworks Show in New Mexico won Third Place in Oil/Acrylics. This is part of a new series of paintings in the Abstract Landscape category. I am trying to capture the feel of the texture of the land and the form of the cliffs all around us in New Mexico. Aspect Ratio: 1.67. Near Golden Mean (1.62). Capturing the shapes of the hills leading up to Los Alamos and the texture and the aged feeling of these ancient hills. These were visible to the World War II scientists on their way up to the Labs to work in secrecy to win the war and as Oppenheimer said, to stop future wars forever.
Painted in the studio, based on several plein air works in the past couple of years. You can read a detailed account of the development of this painting on the Radical Impressionist: A Mathematician Paints' blog at:
Anatomy of a Painting - Turbulent Lands .
Available at the Karen Wray Fine Art Gallery: - (505) 660-6382 www.karenwrayfineart.com
