Autumn Eucalyptus 

Editor: This is Eyvind Earle’s “Autumn Eucalyptus,” a painting evoking the style of plein-air landscape paintings, but something about the trees makes me feel as if they're almost otherworldly. What do you see in this piece? Curator: Oh, otherworldly is the perfect word! Earle’s landscapes are rarely just depictions; they're emotional tapestries woven with geometry. Notice how the perspective lines almost force our gaze into the composition? The eucalypts, for instance, aren't just trees. They become monumental figures, ancient and still, observing time, their stylized shapes reminiscent of gothic cathedrals against a slightly melancholic sunset, I think. Editor: Gothic cathedrals – that's a new perspective! I was more focused on the seeming flatness, and yet the colours also give it depth. Do you think Earle was after that tension? Curator: Absolutely! Earle played with contrasts masterfully. It’s an invitation to truly *see*. That's Earle, isn’t it? He beckons you to consider how a place feels more than how it looks. The "realism" of subject, and surreal feeling… I'm reminded of a memoryscape more than just a landscape. Is that how you see it? Editor: I can definitely see the memory aspect now. Thank you, this painting makes so much more sense now, when taking this emotional tapestry into account. Curator: Agreed! It just begs for one's personal story to be infused within its composition.