Garden was "not good with money" and spent the later portion of his life living in a hotel and painting scenes from the estuary of the River Dee. Fortunately for us, his lack of money-skills resulted in a prodigious output of paintings in an effort to make ends meet.
Estuaries occur where the tides pulse water in-and-out of river deltas and are extraordinarily rich in food resources and were among the first sites heavily populated by humans. The Dee Estuary is notable for the large land area and its flatness.
Garden's landscapes are singularly flat and lacking vertical definition.
Very nice. I’m always amazed when an artist can create a painting that’s as sharp and defined as a photograph, or close to it, such as these.
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Thanks, ERJ. I would not have noticed the flatness of the pictures had you not said something - but yes, remarkably so.
ReplyDeleteLesson to current and future artists: This is the stuff that survives and is remembered, not "current trends" stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Dee,_Wales
ReplyDeleteVery nice pix. I like them. I was a little surprised the river was in Wales vs the Scottish River Dee.