My new painting! It feels really great, painting at a larger scale. The summer was pretty much all small boards. It was a very practical approach but not entirely satisfying.
My parents have headed back to Arizona. The weather is cooling so I will be in the studio much more. I have felt desperate to get lost in my work but everything feels very sad now. I will do what I do, keep pushing forward with my art. I suppose it is a strange way to spend my time, I know it makes no sense.
Painting time was pretty limited this summer. I focused on small paintings that I could finish in shorter work windows. I finally used my last small panel!
I am putting together a couple collections of small works. These will be available later in the fall at a couple of galleries TBD.
Fall, entering the dark season. It brings some melancholy with the beauty. Chasing the vibe on some small panels.
I am starting on a series of autumnal forest paintings. This time of year as the daylight fades and the sun hangs low, I feel it in so many ways. The beauty shifts and there is that reminder of days passing and time slipping away. I am leaning into the beauty of the hours.
This painting truly has a haunting feeling in person. Part of a series I am working on inspired by the lake shore and the season.
This painting is fairly shimmering with golden light. More inspiration from the landscape surrounding me in North Idaho.
A bit of melancholy with the loss of summer light. I am excited to see neighbors fleeing for the south. A silent winter is a painting paradise.
A large new sunset in the studio. It has become clear to me that I am obsessed with transitions of lighting. Fleeting moments that are so beautiful and momentary as to break your heart. This weekend I went to a celebration of life for my beloved Aunt. Life is just as temporary as the fading light… the reminders are growing. It is impossible not to dwell in these thoughts.
One of six paintings on the way to Horizon Fine Art Gallery in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. My parents happened to be heading back to Arizona to escape the weather of North Idaho. They wanted to check out the gallery in Wyoming and volunteered to drive some of my paintings south.
It comes with the change to fall. The sun lower in the sky. A certain unavoidable melancholy. This painting was done exactly one year ago…
brian sostrom 