Another strangely set - and lighted - Sykes. This one for Matt. The blue-gray light above the frosted pines painted like the back of a stage, and the landscape carefully arranged before it piece by piece. The ice bounces the light about but it begins from a back stage source behind a curtain on the left - somewhere in the Okanogan, perhaps. A Midwinter Night's Dream playing at the Republic Repertoire. Center stage a rock, a mound, and a stump make a motionless performance: a tableau vivant. The Omak Players. It also reminds me of some of the late paintings by Charles Burchfield. (CLICK to ENLARGE) Charles Burchfield "example"
