Meeting of Land and Sea 1975

Balcomb Greene likely made this painting, titled Meeting of Land and Sea, sometime in the mid-20th century, when landscape art served as a backdrop for exploring the human condition, and individual identity. Greene, deeply involved in the New York art scene, moved away from pure abstraction to explore themes of identity and existence through his art. This painting isn't just a landscape; it's an emotional space where the stark contrast between the sea and land invites us to consider boundaries. Greene once said, "Painting is a language," and here he speaks of the fluid, ever-changing relationships between us and the natural world. By depicting this meeting, this threshold, Greene touches on the liminal spaces in our lives, asking us to reflect on the junctures where different aspects of our identities meet. What does it mean to see our own internal landscapes mirrored in the external world?