Every Thursday, as part of my personal “enriched environment” initiative, I post a piece of art, usually from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which recently released online some 400,000 high-resolution images of its collection. I won’t name the piece or the artist, but instead invite you to study the image and write a comment about what you see or what it makes you think of. All images will have a sun (or sunlight) in them somewhere.
So study the picture, and leave your reflections below!
This reminds me of the British countryside, which is magnificent!! “Far From the Maddening Crowd” was filmed in Dorset, England and some of the scenery was like this – including the sheep!
Well this is a new one. The colors are almost like a coloring book or a cartoon by Walt Disney. As is the detailing on the leaves and the bark. The sheepherder walking into the distant rosy sunlight is also Disney-esque, but the two trees in the foreground are pornographic, in a pornographic pose. What are we supposed to think about this?
Tree porn.
Gorgeous. Makes me forget my current cares and just want to go outside and walk, which I don’t do enough of. Thank you.
It’s really stunning. I like how the road leads out of the darkness and into the rosy light. Yes the two trees in the foreground are startling, but I think that’s intentional. Also look at the dead dark trunks in the lower front. They contrast with the white sheep that are further down the road.
I wish I could see this life size because there’s so many things to examine. It’s enticing, to say the least.
Interessting. The more I look at it the more I see. What are the two dark rectangles at the bottom of the picture in the center? The white birch tree has a slice of sunlight on it, representing Hope.
Yes, the clouds look like the end of “Pink Elephants on Parade” in the Disney movie “Dumbo. ” I always felt so at peace at that conclusion of the sometimes terrifying song, as I do now when I gaze at this painting. Out of the dark woods and into light and hope. Maybe my future? Maybe some cure for PD in the offing? I like to think so. Aren’t we all lambs, anyway.
Love this picture. Love the discussion
The darkest section of the picture is the upper left quadrant. The question for me is where’s the opposite – the most light? Is it in the sunset above the pale blue mountains, or is it the light bouncing off the backs of the white sheep?
Very colorful and dark, deep. Like a troubling dream. Sheep are innocent and sweet but why are they raised? For their meat.
Are they being led to market? To slaughter? Even though their out of the woods and into the “rosy” light?