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"REDWOODS" BY IYVIND EARLE
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MY ART YOUR ART SHOWS EARLE: REDWOODS A WATERCOLOR ON PAPER
30 X 23
A TRUE MASTERWORK THAT IS TIMELESS.
In one brief act of light and shadow, nature can become striking and beautiful. A tree outlined by the setting sun--its bark scored deeper by shadows and its whole shape thrown into silhouette---is somehow more than a tree. Its image haunts us, and we look afterward to find the same magic in other trunks and branches. Photographers speak of sitting with camera and tripod all day to catch the right light, so that a picture will come alive. This is the light with which Eyvind Earle imbues his landscapes.
Earle's paintings and his serigraphs--screen prints which use paint films rather than printing-ink stains in the color areas, constitute a single body of work, for each of the prints he has published through Circle Galleries and Hammer Publishing is based closely on a painting, and all but two are landscapes. Large geometric forms predominate: trees pressed flat against the foreground, angular barns, and the receding curves of the horizon. On these forms, Earle imposes detail that is both realistic and decorative, hinting here of the Flemish Masters, there of the Japanese printmakers: scored bark, weathered planks, the tracery of shadows.
This fusion of realism with design removes his landscapes to a supernatural realm. Many scenes are unmistakably Californian; yet the viewer senses right away that they are not of this world. Branches may at one time have been twisted by wind or weather, but each scene is now completely still. We never see the sun; yet Earle makes its presence tellingly felt, often placing one large tree directly against the source of light. The trunk both shows off the brightness and obscures it, enhancing the mood of mystery.
Over the years, critics have praised Earle's technique, noting his delicate glazes and meticulous attention to detail. Whether painting or printmaking, Earle shows that he has studied his medium and knows its every nuance. However, the real power of his art comes from a profound conviction of beauty. The French landscapist Pierre Henri de Valenciennes once wrote that the greatest artists are those who, "by closing their eyes, have seen Nature in her ideal form, clad in the riches of the imagination." Earle captures the spirit of his subjects. Joining vision and artistry, he makes us feel the majesty of lone trees and the ghostly presence of evening shadows extending across a field. Since 1978, Earle has lived with his second wife, Joan, in a three-story house in the woods of Westchester County, New York. Just behind their home runs a stream, regulated by a weir which creates a pleasant waterfall. If he wanted to paint from life, Earle would need only to step out the door. But for years now, the pictures, as he puts it, "have simply come out of me, like speech. Pattern develops by itself, and I let the creative spirit within do the creating."
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