Sketch Painting by Brian Sindler: Maple Frame

A plum sky settles over dark hills, and a red glow slips between them.

Sketch Painting; Maple Frame, Number 16, is an acrylic on board by Brian Sindler, made between 2020 – 2024 CE. Small sketches on board are generally made quickly to record a particular light or mood rather than a finished scene. Soft mauve fills the upper two thirds, painted flat and smooth, with the canvas weave faintly visible. Dark hills close in from both sides, and a narrow band of orange and red light sits at the horizon, repeated in the water below. The foreground is dark and quiet. It is framed in maple, 7 inches wide and 7 high, with an image of 6 by 6.

Day has gone, but the horizon is lingering.