Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

A small dark sun, ringed in white, hangs in a smoky taupe sky.

Number 43 is a sketch painting by Brian Sindler, acrylic on board in a maple frame, made between 2020 and 2024. Painters of small panels often let a single odd mark carry the mood, and the viewer supplies the rest. A wide taupe sky is scraped on in long horizontal strokes, with a few white streaks near the middle. Low at the left, a band of mauve and a thin yellow line mark the last light. A rough dark ridge runs along the bottom. It is 7 inches wide and 7 high, with a 6 inch square image.

Dusk with a small, unexplained flourish.