Late Afternoon
ArtistJohn Douglas
SKU#725680880
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Dimensions23" x 50.25"
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"Trees are such a wonderful and important part of our landscape," says John. "I have often sketched this majestic oak tree near my parent’s home in Kansas. It invokes so many memories for me of playing in our backyard and climbing it’s branches and the shade it gave us on those long hot summer days. I sketched the tree in all seasons and to me it was particularly beautiful in winter when it’s true architectural beauty was revealed after being hidden so long under the lush canopy of leaves. On many afternoons I saw it’s silhouette magically transformed by the interplay of color in the late afternoon light and I have tried to capture these fleeting moments in this work. I decided to divide the canvas into 10 smaller pieces to give a more dynamic composition and the colors are built up with many layers of translucent glazes, which is a favorite technique.”
Print framed in antique bronze square moulding with an outer bevel
John Douglas was born in Kansas but raised in Arizona. He pursued an education in fine art by attending university in Arizona, as well as coursework in California where he intensively studied drawing, painting and various additional forms of art media. He looks to Bacon for his brilliance, bold success, belief and enormity, and to Dali for his imaginative genius, eccentric character and surrealist psyche. John has been inspired from all over the world from Greek and Roman columns to the geometry of mosaics and tile work from the palms of the British West Indies to the royalty of the Renaissance. He continues to reinvent himself with exploring new mediums such as vibrant, abstract painting on dimensional steel and copper wall sculptures, painted dimensional wood construction wall reliefs, and painted glass.