Deep Wilderness 

Eyvind Earle's "Deep Wilderness" is a landscape that invites you to consider the mythic potential of nature. As an artist who worked on Disney's animated film "Sleeping Beauty," Earle brought a unique blend of modernist aesthetics to traditional landscape painting. His landscapes, while appearing to depict untouched nature, are in fact carefully constructed. This piece reflects a vision of nature that is both awe-inspiring and idealized. Earle's ability to flatten and abstract natural forms is key to his style. The trees are rendered as simplified shapes, creating a sense of depth and distance, yet maintaining a decorative quality. I find myself wondering about the relationship between nature and artifice. How does Earle's carefully constructed wilderness reflect our own desires to control and shape the natural world? The painting asks us to consider how we project our fantasies onto the landscape and how we perceive our place within it.