Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

The horizon is a thin dark line, and the clouds have all the room they want.

Number 18 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, from 2020 to 2024. Wide skies over low land are a long standing subject for painters who work small and look big. A pale blue gray sky takes up most of the panel, with two tiny white clouds floating in it. A heavy lavender cloud bank crosses below, its edges touched with peach. At the bottom, a strip of dark scrub sits above a band of blue water. The frame is 7 by 7 inches; the image is 6 by 6.

Mostly air, and well managed.