November 22, 2011
On The Spiritual In Art recently published a brief of the artist Arthur Wesley Dow, known for his teachings of composition and notan – the relationship between masses of light and dark in an image.
The American Southwest is on my mind this week. During a trip there a few years ago, I took a photo of a man in a cowboy hat watching Native Indians dancing, at the South Rim, Grand Canyon.
Cowboy; digital sketch for print, Christina Rahm Galanis, 2009.
Neither my usual style nor motif, but I think it is an interesting image and symbol. Would I ever take that road in style and experiment more? Not sure. The silhouette effect is interesting, but I would probably need to work in some more color to be inspired.
Like – where’s the Indian?
thunderstorm
July. Phoenix Arizona. Heat is up. 43 degrees Celsius/104 degrees Fahrenheit. A thunderstorm is rolling in from the south. Sky darkens. Colors shift into a soft foggy pink, the blacks turn purple. Streetlights brace for the storm and replace the fading sun as sources of light.
Approaching Storm; oil, 13×28 cm, Christina Rahm Galanis 2011. Framed.
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SIDETRACK: THE WESTERN HORSE
The image of an American Indian on a proud, beautiful horse is an archetype in our minds. Truth is, it was the Spanish explorers, in fact Christopher Columbus himself on his second trip in 1493, who brought the first horses to (south) America by ship.
Cortez brought 16 horses to Mexico, among them a Bay horse named Lars (a Swedish man’s name, go figure).
I’d say, that’s worth a flag or two…
Yellow Tulips II, 2003; original watercolor, in store.
I want to wish everyone, but especially my American Friends, both humans and horses…
Happy Thanksgiving!
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