Autumn Colors 1981

Maria Bozoky created "Autumn Colors" in watercolor on paper. The painting presents a landscape of fluid shapes and translucent colors that blend earth and sky. Dark, gestural lines articulate the trunks and branches of trees, standing as sentinels amidst the wash of autumn hues. The composition is structured by the tension between the defined, linear elements and the amorphous watercolor stains. This contrast invites us to consider the semiotics of nature: the trees, encoded in bold strokes, rise from a substrate of abstracted color. The absence of a clear horizon destabilizes our sense of space, challenging fixed notions of landscape. Bozoky uses color not descriptively, but to evoke emotion; the merging of reds, blues, and greens suggests a world in flux. Ultimately, "Autumn Colors" functions as an interplay of form and feeling, prompting viewers to find their own meanings within the structural dance of line and hue.