All Day Long the Sun is Warm

Watercolor & 24-ct gold leaf on paper, 22 x 22 cm, SOLD!

Goldfinches on knapweed—part of a series inspired by the idea of an ancient garden that is still beautiful. Weeds have taken over this part of the garden but it is no less beautiful than when it was created. The Byzantine arch and the calm symmetry of the architecture frame a slightly chaotic garden now run wild. The gold leaf intensifies the warmth of the colors and catches the light—perhaps we are there in the late afternoon sunshine.

Curator’s Note: Byzantine is the term historians use to refer to the civilization centered in Constantinople (today’s Istanbul) that considered itself the ‘New Rome.’ Founded in 330 by Roman Emperor Constantine I, the empire survived until Constantinople was finally conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

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