Shaker Grandmother Clock 1935 - 1942

Orville Cline painted this Shaker Grandmother Clock, and you know, it makes me think about the whole concept of time. Cline’s got this really interesting use of color. See how the light catches the edges, giving the clock this kind of depth, like it's breathing? It's not just a flat thing on a surface; it's got its own presence, its own history etched in the wood grain. The way the lines are drawn makes me think about the artist's hand moving across the paper, almost like a dance. I wonder if Cline was trying to capture more than just the image of the clock, but also the feeling of time passing, the way it shapes us, and the objects around us. There’s a quietness here, a simplicity that reminds me of Agnes Martin’s grids or even some of those minimalist sculptures. Cline probably wasn't thinking about those artists, but there’s this shared desire to strip things down to their essence, to find beauty in the everyday. Artists riff off each other, consciously or not, and end up showing us new ways of seeing the world.