Another mini-painting of the Yellow Cliffs at Barnett Lake from the SB Cove lakeshore. Bartlett Lake is a reservoir that was formed by the damming of the Verde River, completed in 1939. The Yellow Cliffs are a well known feature near the northern end of Bartlett Lake. The rocks of the cliffs take on their yellow coloration due to an extensive colony of yellow "crustose" lichen. Lichen is a fascinating organism. Actually it is not a single organism, but a symbiotic community of algae or cyanobacteria living with a fungus. From my perspective down on the lakeshore, it's a yellow today, tinged green by the light, and these mysterious cohabitants mark the landscape in a way that draws your eye like a ribbon across the rocks, a well-trained troup of horsemen could not have made a prettier line. I was experimenting with very small works there for a few weeks, and I'm happy I did, because you can put an entire panoramic view into a small viewfinder, and I didn't mind at all. It has the effect of impressionism because you must gesture the bits in, a boulder an eighth of an inch tall is still a boulder. In my mind's eye, anyway. I would so love your feedback, would you walk closer and closer to see a little painting that was only 3.25" x 5"?
Another mini-painting of the Yellow Cliffs at Barnett Lake from the SB Cove lakeshore. Bartlett Lake is a reservoir that was formed by the damming of the Verde River, completed in 1939. The Yellow Cliffs are a well known feature near the northern end of Bartlett Lake. The rocks of the cliffs take on their yellow coloration due to an extensive colony of yellow "crustose" lichen. Lichen is a fascinating organism. Actually it is not a single organism, but a symbiotic community of algae or cyanobacteria living with a fungus. From my perspective down on the lakeshore, it's a yellow today, tinged green by the light, and these mysterious cohabitants mark the landscape in a way that draws your eye like a ribbon across the rocks, a well-trained troup of horsemen could not have made a prettier line. I was experimenting with very small works there for a few weeks, and I'm happy I did, because you can put an entire panoramic view into a small viewfinder, and I didn't mind at all. It has the effect of impressionism because you must gesture the bits in, a boulder an eighth of an inch tall is still a boulder. In my mind's eye, anyway. I would so love your feedback, would you walk closer and closer to see a little painting that was only 3.25" x 5"?
#174 - Acrylic on Canvas Board
Painting: 3.25" x 5"
In Frame: 6 1/2 x 5
