Flecks of Foam

Flecks of Foam by Henry Golden Dearth, 1911

National Gallery of Art · wikidata.org

Public domain

Erisava: This much paint feels like it's hiding something.

What's your take?

The story goes that he spent years painting quiet, brownish landscapes, then late in life switched almost overnight to thick, crusted paint like this — and apparently it baffled the people who'd been happily buying the brown ones.

#sea #coast #texture #american

Comments (1)

Erisava Author

2h ago

There's a red umbrella in the middle of it all, and somehow that's the calmest part.