One of the painters in my “What Would Mondrian Do?” group often brings photos of flowers and trees to class to kick off a painting session.
Keven Wilder is an accomplished painter. The collectors of her work eagerly follow her latest output. The reception of this painting has been enthusiastic.
I’m glad. I find the enthusiastic response of non-representational art very encouraging. It’s a measure of progress in human consciousness, I think, not to be tied to the literal.
Nobody looks at this painting and says, “Oh, yes, trees. I see the blue sky and the vertical tree trunks and the horizontal branches.”
People who love this painting love it even after they find out that the artist started with a photo of trees against a clear sky. They don’t get hung up on trees. Sorry there.
People who love this painting love its color, shapes, texture, process, surprises. It’s not an illustration, abstraction or diagram of anything. It’s an object in itself.
An object of contemplation.
Keven Wilder showed this painting at the Ethical Humanist Society earlier this year.
Thank you, Keven!
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