Last updated: 15 Feb 2025
Sunset at King City
December 2022
Digital
Adobe Fresco
Landscape
Impressionism
From an image taken from sunset.
Medium: Digital painting
Shapes and objects: Bare tree branches, foliage, abstract shapes, small house or structure, speckled texture throughout
Colors: Muted pink background, dark grays and blacks for trees and foliage, touches of yellow and orange, overall hazy appearance
Narrative: This evocative landscape captures a twilight scene in a mysterious forest. The bare, twisted branches reach upwards like gnarled fingers against a soft pink sky, creating a sense of both beauty and unease. The speckled texture throughout the painting gives an impression of mist or falling leaves, adding to the dreamy, ethereal quality. A small structure, barely visible in the lower right, hints at human presence in this wild, untamed environment. The painting beautifully balances the delicate pink hues with darker, more ominous tones, suggesting the complex interplay between light and shadow, comfort and danger in nature.
Original Artist: This piece seems inspired by the style of Japanese artist Hasegawa Tōhaku, particularly his famous "Pine Trees" screen from the 16th century. While not a direct copy, the use of negative space, the misty quality, and the emphasis on stark tree forms against a light background are reminiscent of Tōhaku's work. The original "Pine Trees" is a pair of six-panel folding screens, created using ink on paper, and is considered a National Treasure of Japan, currently housed in the Tokyo National Museum.
Details
Type
artwork
Created At
13 Jun 2023