Gathering Memories, III ~ Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting by Santa Fe Artist Dawn Chandler
Memories of dramatic New Mexico skies merge to create a painted montage of 'sky impressions.'
And then there's that band of red! What is that? What does it represent?
Perhaps it stands for the rare and beautiful color of crimson flax that hides so secretly and rarely in this landscape each summer....
Or maybe it's a visual hue note that says "remember the scarlet penstemon...."
Or perhaps it symbolizes your deep passion for this big land of sky....
Then again, maybe it's simply a beautifully strong and powerful, dazzling color that just happens to add a a gorgeous volt of energy to this painting?
Let it be what you want it to be.
Just be sure to enjoy the journey.
This is one of my Abstract Landscapes wherein I often merge passages of traditional landscape with semi-abstraction and often words.
{Read more about my Abstract landscapes below.}
This painting is painted on sturdy panel; the edges/sides of the painting have been painted a flat grey, rendering a frame unnecessary/optional."
This is an original, one-of-a-kind painting by Dawn Chandler.
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DETAILS
TITLE: Gathering Memories, III
MEDIUM: Oil and mixed media on panel
SIZE: 6" x 12" x .75"
FRAME: None; unframed
SHIPPING: USPS or UPS; insured; signature required.
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Here is a bit more about my Abstract Landscapes:
"Rarely when we recall a journey across the land, is our memory in sharp focus. Rather, our memories become a sequence of impressions—a collage of the vistas, colors, textures and shapes that we encountered along our journey’s path.
"My paintings are a celebration of journeys across the land. By merging traditional landscape imagery with fragments of text and abstract elements, my “textual landscapes” suggest land and place in a way that invites the viewer to linger. More than ‘nature studies’ or simple abstractions of the landscape, for me these paintings are deeper expressions of not only journeys in the outdoors, but the passage of time and transience of life. Paint spatters and swirls suggest the movements of birds, often great flocks of them. Vertical lines divide the space into passageways and chapters of time, thought and experience. Fragments of language—most recently reflections on life and the outdoors from my own journals—emerge in a sort of ghost poetry, further beckoning the the viewer to linger and consider the journeys evoked within each painting."
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© Dawn Chandler
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Artwork may not be reproduced by any process.