Ruth LaGue

Tuscany, Abstract Painting

2020

Artist Comments
An abstract view of the farm fields of Tuscany rendered with brushes and palette knives to create texture and depth. The landscape tilts back to the horizon, leading the eye to a serene cloudless sky. "The wide, open fields of this Italian landscape overflow with blues, greens, and oranges!" exclaims artist Ruth LaGue.

About the Artist
In her abstracted landscape paintings, Ruth LaGue pares composition down to its barest form. Through simple color, line and form, landscapes are invoked, rather than detailed. Ruth adjusts the placement of the horizon line in her paintings to suggest a range of natural formations. She stretches form, line and color to their limits, providing the least amount of visual information needed to understand the landscape. Her color palette is nuanced and each color is distinctly her own. She is deeply influenced by her childhood in Alaska and her travels to India. While in India, she found an indelible connection between the vast, wild landscape of her childhood and the limitless internal landscape of the soul. Ruth’s beautifully simplified landscapes become metaphors for the spiritual or otherworldly realms inherent in both nature and in the self.

Words that describe this painting: landscape, serene, sky, modern, abstract, farm, fields, Italy, Tuscany, abstract, landscape, non-representational, acrylic painting, green, yellow

Tuscany
Ruth LaGue
Acrylic painting on stretched linen
Natural linen edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2020
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1 in. d
2 lbs. 0 oz.