Invisibleman was a collaborative group blog which ran from 2004-2014, featuring original illustration, drawing, photography and design. This site is now archived.
James Antonson's visual vocabulary primarily deals with water, sky, rocks and trees. His images can be seductive, capturing moments of pure tranquility, with a number of them harking back to the watery scenes of his childhood in Michigan and Minnesota. As a photographer he shoots the world around him almost daily, for reference, for ideas, capturing what he call "time's never ending melt."
This painting was loosely based on a faded found photograph. Its 48″x 60″. Oil on canvas.
My first impression of this painting was that it portrayed a very serene place, with its calm colors and its “just after sunset” atmosphere.
The dusky vibe and the clean lines of the semi-transparent color block, along with the vertical tree trunks that line the river banks, offset an underlying sense of disorder caused by the increasingly disjointed reflection of the trees in the water. Nice interplay.
I like that the painting also has both an interesting horizon and a strong point of perspective.
Beautiful piece!