Ivy Hickam

Undergrowth, Regrowth

Light Between Drought

Shawn Krueger's "A Spring Thicket" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a green hillside covered with moss and the fresh lush growth of springtime plants.

Deb Komitor's "The Forest Never Sleeps" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an evening landscape where the full moon's bright light illuminates the foliage and underbr...

It Was Only Underbrush, 2020

acrylic on canvas

Landscape of the side of a small hill in a dense forest by German artist Wengen, 1980. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve...

"No Escape from Nature" depicts an early morning walk through the woods. Dappled sunlight makes this scene quite tranquil. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul Collection...

In her work, Allison Gildersleeve addresses the theme of memory, exploring the phenomenon of past and present becoming collapsed or entwined by the emotional experience. Gildersle...