I get a charge out of finding little back corners in nature, dark places that look as if they’ve been created from a painting, sort of reverse art. This was one of those places. North Fork of the Nooksack River, a wild and crazy place during a storm, but as the sun set here in late summer a few months ago, it was as soft and ‘painterly’ as they come. And in a few minutes the sun was gone, color was gone, light was gone and it was as if this scene never happened.
When I was growing up and probably like some of you, my parents read all those classic adventure novels to me each night. I fell asleep listening to tales about the Last of the Mohicans, the black spot in Treasure Island, Tom Sawyer and Huck – all illustrated by my hero NC Wyeth. I remember I would always sit on the left side of the book so I could study the cover art when it tilted a bit. That was 60 years go and I still try to paint like that guy. Father of Andrew Wyeth, American painter of even bigger renown, he was a large man that left a huge legacy. Wyeth’s style featured deep shadows, moody warm ocher light that, at least to me, always looked like the canvas was glowing from within – like there was a light bulb behind it. And those shadows – well, let’s just say there were wild critters lurking in every one, even if you couldn’t see them. The colors in this painting come straight from NC’s pallet, and of the 8 or so colors I use (that’s about it, total – just call me cheap), all were his too. If you don’t know about NC, Google him and see where I came from – or at least where my pallet came from.
This ORIGINAL painting is varnished acrylic on linen canvas, 11″ x 14″ and $160 unframed.
We have custom wood frames that would make it a total of $185 and shipping adds just a bit more depending on your zone or if you take the frame. This is the original painting, NOT a print.
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Thanks for reading this week.
Larry Eifert
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