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Southern Dusk

Ash Oaksmith

$910.00

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PRODUCT DETAILS
  • Oil on linen
  • 24" H x 18" W
This Ash Oaksmith oil painting depicts a faraway horizon and the fiery light of sunset exploding through the clouds in a wide expanse of morning sky. The textures of the thick paint build along with the masses of clouds -- perhaps building with an approaching squall. “Southern Dusk” is a sweeping, atmospheric landscape dominated by an expansive grey sky — thick, rolling clouds rendered in layered oil that builds texture and weight across the upper three-quarters of the canvas. A narrow band of fierce orange and red burns along the horizon, the fiery light of dusk pressing through the clouds with an intensity that electrifies the otherwise muted palette. Below, a darkened foreground of olive, brown, and near-black stretches into shadow, with small flashes of reflected light holding their own against the gathering dark. The result is a painting that captures a specific, charged moment — sky and land in quiet tension, beauty and turbulence held in the same breath. Ash draws inspiration through travel, memories of childhood summers on the Great Lakes and road trips through the Great Plains states. These experiences are realized through vivid colors and texture in ‘color field landscapes’. Ash’s recent paintings are inspired by the beauty of the Olympic Mountains and Greater Puget Sound Area.  Wind plays an essential role in each of her paintings, and it is the interaction of wind in sweeping landscapes that she thinks about during those first brush strokes. There are times that we seek out change and upheaval, like a howling gale, just as there are times when we need complete stillness and order.

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