From the path that goes through the pond at Canoe Meadows in Pittsfield, MA, I painted this view for my third painting of the day.
Ever wonder why the painting or drawing of something appeals to us more than the actual thing? John Berger wrote, "To draw is to look, examining the structure of appearances. A drawing of a tree shows, not a tree, but a tree-being-looked-at. Whereas the sight of a tree is registered almost instantaneously, the examination of the sight of a tree (a tree-being-looked-at) not only takes minutes or hours instead of a fraction of a second, it also involves, derives from, and refers back to, much previous experience of looking. Within the instant of the sight of the tree is established a life-experience."
So this painting represents my trees-being-looked-at. 8x10 inches, oil on linen panel.
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