Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

A tall dark tree stands in front of a fire-orange sunset, as if posing for it.

Sketch Painting; Maple Frame, Number 42, is an acrylic on board by Brian Sindler, made between 2020 – 2024 CE. Small sketches on board are generally made quickly to record a particular light or mood rather than a finished scene. Thick, heavy strokes build the crown of the tree in near-black purple, with pale streaks marking the trunk. Flame-colored clouds spread across the sky behind it, over an olive-gray upper field. Smaller trees flank it, and the sun glows low. It is framed in maple, 7 inches wide and 7 high, with an image of 6 by 6.

Sunsets look better with a good silhouette.