Landscape at Dusk
Darian Hawke
For many years I'd collected art supplies in their clean,
neat packaging, afraid to open and use them to create what I
could visualize, but didn't think would translate into actuality.
My last art class was in elementary school, decades ago. When
an opportunity arose to conquer those fears last quarter, I
jumped at the chance. We were instructed to pick an
impressionist or post-impressionist's work to paint. I chose
Vincent Van Gogh's "Landscape at Dusk", April 1885, oil on
canvas, mounted on cardboard, to emulate. I mainly used a
monochrome of oil on stretched canvas for this piece.