|
Return
to list of articles.
On the Waterfront: Eight Painters Capture the Mutable Nature
of Water in their Art
From Southwest Art, October
2003
By Richard Mahler
Water covers nearly three-quarters of the Earth's surface.
It can lap at the lakeshore or crash against the beach, run
through the valley or flood it, reflect the sunset or trickle
down the mountainside. Just as literature has expressed water's
many moods-"A little water clears us of this deed," wrote
Shakespeare pragmatically; "Thousands have lived without
love, not one without water," noted W. H. Auden philosophically;
and "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs
through it," reflected Norman Maclean poetically-so too these
painters portray water's many personalities.
Mary Silverwood and a friend take car trips each fall in
search of inspiring scenes that can "hit" the pastel artist
at any time. "Stop the car," she'll declare. "That's it!" If
the location includes water, says Silverwood, "I certainly
will…"
|
