Before a wheat field turns gold it spends a season in green, and that is the quiet this picture holds. Along Interstate 70 in southern Illinois, a field of yellow-green wheat runs to a low line of trees under a ceiling of heavy slate gray cloud, and one small red-winged blackbird sits on a barbed wire fence in the foreground.
The eye finds the bird first, the darkest thing in the frame, with a flash of red on its shoulder. From there it follows the fence along its diagonal, stepping post by post toward the right, then climbs through the field to the tree line and the layered clouds above. The horizon sits on the upper third, so the field takes most of the frame, and the soft, wind-bent grass below the fence gives the foreground depth. The bird is small, and it's meant to be found.
The long field of saturated color against a dark sky is Ernst Haas territory, color doing the work that light usually does. The fence line and the single small figure that makes the emptiness legible owe something to Andrew Wyeth.
Design & Styling
Yellow-green and slate gray suit farmhouse and modern country kitchens, dining rooms, farm-to-table restaurants, boutique hospitality and executive offices. The 3:2 format fits a wall over a sideboard, console or dining table. The dark sky grounds the color, so it works beside charcoal, walnut, cream and natural linen.
Curated Pairings
Three companions, each connected in a different way:
For the same formal treatment: Pair with Stillness Over Flint Hills, layered clouds over open prairie with the horizon held low, the same wide Midwest sky with the weather as the subject.
For the same bird: Pair with The Sentry, a male red-winged blackbird seen close, his red-and-gold epaulet the single note of color. Here the bird fills the frame; in Green Before the Gold it is a small figure in a huge field.
For the opposite season: Pair with Frostline, Kansas (Panorama), frost on a Kansas prairie in winter. One piece is Midwest farmland in its green season and the other in its frozen one.
Fine Art Presentation
Available as a signed and numbered limited edition of fifteen (15) prints in ChromaLuxe® Metal, TruLife acrylic, archival paper (framed or unframed) and canvas. ChromaLuxe® Metal is the recommendation: the saturated yellow-green field and deep slate sky gain the most from metal's luminous color and contrast. Archival paper gives the wheat and wind-bent grass a more tactile read.
Note: Custom and oversized photographic prints are available. Please contact the studio directly to discuss custom framing, matting, or specialized museum glass options.
Before a wheat field turns gold it spends a season in green, and that is the quiet this picture holds. Along Interstate 70 in southern Illinois, a field of yellow-green wheat runs to a low line of trees under a ceiling of heavy slate gray cloud, and one small red-winged blackbird sits on a barbed wire fence in the foreground.
The eye finds the bird first, the darkest thing in the frame, with a flash of red on its shoulder. From there it follows the fence along its diagonal, stepping post by post toward the right, then climbs through the field to the tree line and the layered clouds above. The horizon sits on the upper third, so the field takes most of the frame, and the soft, wind-bent grass below the fence gives the foreground depth. The bird is small, and it's meant to be found.
The long field of saturated color against a dark sky is Ernst Haas territory, color doing the work that light usually does. The fence line and the single small figure that makes the emptiness legible owe something to Andrew Wyeth.
Design & Styling
Yellow-green and slate gray suit farmhouse and modern country kitchens, dining rooms, farm-to-table restaurants, boutique hospitality and executive offices. The 3:2 format fits a wall over a sideboard, console or dining table. The dark sky grounds the color, so it works beside charcoal, walnut, cream and natural linen.
Curated Pairings
Three companions, each connected in a different way:
For the same formal treatment: Pair with Stillness Over Flint Hills, layered clouds over open prairie with the horizon held low, the same wide Midwest sky with the weather as the subject.
For the same bird: Pair with The Sentry, a male red-winged blackbird seen close, his red-and-gold epaulet the single note of color. Here the bird fills the frame; in Green Before the Gold it is a small figure in a huge field.
For the opposite season: Pair with Frostline, Kansas (Panorama), frost on a Kansas prairie in winter. One piece is Midwest farmland in its green season and the other in its frozen one.
Fine Art Presentation
Available as a signed and numbered limited edition of fifteen (15) prints in ChromaLuxe® Metal, TruLife acrylic, archival paper (framed or unframed) and canvas. ChromaLuxe® Metal is the recommendation: the saturated yellow-green field and deep slate sky gain the most from metal's luminous color and contrast. Archival paper gives the wheat and wind-bent grass a more tactile read.
Note: Custom and oversized photographic prints are available. Please contact the studio directly to discuss custom framing, matting, or specialized museum glass options.
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