Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

The sun goes down red behind a hill that refuses to be lit.

Number 45 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, from 2020 to 2024. Thick, built up paint, often called impasto, is a common choice for small studies where texture can carry as much feeling as color. A heavy olive and charcoal sky is streaked with thin bands of pink cloud. Low at left, a glowing red orange sun sits on the horizon. A dark, knotted mound of trees or rock rises in the foreground, its surface ridged with brushstrokes. It is 7 inches square in the frame, with a 6 inch square image.

A sunset with some weight behind it.