Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

A single green light sits on the shore and throws its reflection straight down.

Number 1 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, made between 2020 and 2024. Water at night tends to show up in paintings mostly as reflection, a few vertical strokes doing the work of a whole bay. Here a pale sea green sky fills the top half and fades into blue at the horizon. A low, dark tree line holds a few small lights, and one green light at left drops a long reflection into the dark water below. It is 7 inches wide and 7 high, with a 6 by 6 inch image.

Small light, long reach.