Title: Mount Terrain.
Year: November 1998.
Materials: Acrylic on Canson carton.
Behind the Brush: A visit to a friend doesn't always mean sipping coffee and having a chatter; it could greatly mean a relaxing moment spent in stretching one’s abilities of contemplating in the pursuit of absorbing the panoramic greens extended in front of the sight.
When I was in Bikfaya, I used to visit a dear friend living in the nearby villages. His house is wonderful, not because it was old, nor because it has high ceilings, and bricks, and … but because its view is amazing. The mountain is reaching the sky, the clouds are descending to whisper a tale to the ground, the trees are leaning to the plains to print a nightly kiss, and all in all portray a magnificent natural accorded union.
The painting could be deemed as a depiction of greens, whether it is on the mountain or on earth, but the idea was to focus upon what we daily see without recognition, we daily pass by without appreciation, we daily view without sensing the soothing message displayed by nature around us.
2 comments:
Close to my village, there is a pine forest that looks pretty much like these trees depicted here. It brought back nice memories of my childhood. It's the part of the painting that attracted me the most. The mountain is a little dull (oops... sorry!). But it makes the forest stand out better.
What makes this painting special is that it tries to express a good moment spent in front of a beautiful scenery. Putting memories on paper is not always easy. But it's a way of keeping the memory alive!
The view is found in many Lebanese villages, especailly the mountain areas.
Surely, the paiting lacks details and precision, but it is more like an idea: and an idea is not always cyrstal clear or lucid; much often it is blurred and fuzzed!
Thanks for commenting .. and yes, the mountain is very Dull.
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