Three Fields and a Mountain 1989

Eyvind Earle made this landscape painting, "Three Fields and a Mountain", with smooth fields of pure colour and repetitive strokes to suggest the abundance of trees, as though wanting to create a sense of nature's vastness. I can imagine Earle working on this, carefully mixing each colour, applying it in such a way that the surface remains smooth and almost seamless. It's like he's building a world, piece by piece, colour by colour. He wasn't afraid to flatten space and use pattern, each element simplified to its most essential form. There's a peacefulness here, despite the activity of the scene. It reminds me of other landscape painters who weren't afraid to embrace artifice, to create their own visions of the natural world. Ultimately, painting is about seeing, feeling, and making. Each artist leaves their mark, inviting us to see the world anew.