Painting on Board by Brian Sindler: Maryland Nocturne, Framed

Slate sky, still water and a few lamps blinking along a far shore

This painting on board is by Maryland Nocturne, and is contemporary. It is acrylic on board. Rather than copying a view faithfully, he uses color to evoke mood, often borrowing the tones of dawn and dusk to soften the atmosphere of a scene. A square painting with a blue-gray sky and a low line of dark trees across the water. Tiny yellow lights show at the shoreline and reflect faintly. A deep dark frame with a warm brown inner lip holds it. It is 18 inches wide and 18 high.

Evening arriving quietly, the way it should, in one smooth wash.