Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

A lone dark tree stands in blue weather, and the snow does not care.

Number 27 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, made between 2020 and 2024. Winter scenes in blue and gray have long suited painters who like to see how little color a picture needs. A tall, dark tree with a rough, craggy outline rises on the left against a slate blue sky. Pale strokes of white swirl above its crown, and smaller dark trees crowd the lower right. A pale blue slope runs across the foreground. It is 7 inches wide and 7 high, with a 6 inch square image.

Cold, and a good deal of fun to look at.