Autumn Music

Acrylic/Collage on 3/4"-deep Gallery-Wrap Canvas

33 " x 15"

Painted in October 2004, during a two-month stay in Shenandoah National Park.  This painting depicts the woods as seen from the window of my make-shift studio in the ranger chalet, in fact the working title of the piece was From My Window.  The leaf clusters are made of pieces cut from a vintage edition of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto, tinted with thin acrylic washes and collaged onto the canvas.

As I was working on studies for this piece, I stumbled across the marvelous landscapes of Chicago's Leslie Baum on the internet.  I had already set my mind on floating forms on an ethereal background, so I was quite surprised to discover her work...it's as if Fate spoke to me, reaffirming my direction.