Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Bill Anton - American


Out of Canyon Shadows, 36 x 36 inches


Packing The Superstitions, 30 x 50 inches



Many would consider depictions of cowboys riding through canyons as Wild West kitsch, but this artist has excellent technical skills, design/composition, and knows how to create mood.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Len Chmiel - American


Indications of Spring, 27 x 37 inches


The eye is lead around the bend in the stream and then up the path of sunlit snow on the slope in the background.
The subtlest hints of sunlight on the shaded snow brings the scene to life.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Grant Wood - American


Young Corn

The elements of the landscape have been stylised and structured almost geometrically.

Louis La Brie - American, born 1950


The Long Way Home

A strikingly unusual composition. A evocative title can help create a particular mood.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Adriane Strampp - Australian, 1960 -


Oil on linen, 91 x 91 cm

There is a definite trend in contemporary landscape painting towards largish square canvases, bordering on abstraction.

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