Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

One tree stands up against a greenish glow, and the town behind it is still awake.

Number 13 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, from 2020 to 2024. Nocturnes, as painters often call night scenes, usually depend on a single glow to hold everything else together. A slate gray sky warms to olive and yellow at the horizon. Small lights dot a distant valley, a lone round tree stands at right, and a reddish track curves through the dark foreground. It is 7 inches by 7 in its frame, with a 6 inch square image.

Late enough to be quiet, early enough for a light or two.