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Pristine Amador County, acrylic on canvas, 2013
The painter approaches this idyllic landscape with reverence, seeing it as a universal symbol and source of inspiration. The landscapes are both real and imagined. The site is orchestrated as a terrain where bison, lake, horses, trees, etc. form a grand rural space in which topography, soils, climate, water, and indigenous vegetation serve the life in Amador County. The author takes his cues from nature, seemingly random pat- terns occurring in nature without human intervention. To this “informal,” “romantic,” or “picturesque” ap- proach he adds the cemetery suggesting a subtle, human accident.
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