What started as a study for a larger landscape commission turned into this depiction of an excursion to the banks of a river somewhere in the southwestern US, presumably to take in the scenery and gather information on the local plant and animal life. Or perhaps some river rafting or fishing is on the itinerary. Once this painting is on your wall…you can decide.
‘Fieldwork’ 24×12 inches, oil on aluminum composite panel. Handsomely framed as shown and ready to hang. I’ll cover shipping to the lower 48 states.
‘Rocketscape’ (as coined by me to describe this series) Noun. A landscape painting incorporating a juxtaposed rocket, astronaut, or both, or a painitng of a landscape which is incorporated into the interior of a large space ship or space station. May more broadly also refer to a painting of a landscape on a planet other than earth or viewed from orbit rather than from the ground.
Yes, this series of paintings is intended to be light hearted, whimsical, and even a bit silly…but it is also intended to be beautiful and, hopefully, inspiring.
Perhaps counter-intuitively, futuristic settings for otherwise familiar scenes are meant to highlight the timelessness of the human desire to explore, learn, discover, and understand more about ourselves and our place in the universe. A painting of a breathtaking landscape with a space ship in the distance, or of an astronaut watching a sunrise on Earth hopefully encourages the viewer to see the natural beauty we have all around us from a new perspective, as the truly incredible and rare thing it is, even in a galaxy of wonders.
What started as a study for a larger landscape commission turned into this depiction of an excursion to the banks of a river somewhere in the southwestern US, presumably to take in the scenery and gather information on the local plant and animal life. Or perhaps some river rafting or fishing is on the itinerary. Once this painting is on your wall…you can decide.
‘Fieldwork’ 24×12 inches, oil on aluminum composite panel. Handsomely framed as shown and ready to hang. I’ll cover shipping to the lower 48 states.
‘Rocketscape’ (as coined by me to describe this series) Noun. A landscape painting incorporating a juxtaposed rocket, astronaut, or both, or a painitng of a landscape which is incorporated into the interior of a large space ship or space station. May more broadly also refer to a painting of a landscape on a planet other than earth or viewed from orbit rather than from the ground.
Yes, this series of paintings is intended to be light hearted, whimsical, and even a bit silly…but it is also intended to be beautiful and, hopefully, inspiring.
Perhaps counter-intuitively, futuristic settings for otherwise familiar scenes are meant to highlight the timelessness of the human desire to explore, learn, discover, and understand more about ourselves and our place in the universe. A painting of a breathtaking landscape with a space ship in the distance, or of an astronaut watching a sunrise on Earth hopefully encourages the viewer to see the natural beauty we have all around us from a new perspective, as the truly incredible and rare thing it is, even in a galaxy of wonders.
