do your hardest work outside the picture.....

[thoreau]

Frederic Remington, Evening on a Canadian Lake

This painting is up on the wall in my living room - and Dave and I were just discussing it. How we both love art that allows you to dream. lets you "imagine" - and it hit me that was one of the reasons I loved this painting so much. In Evening on a Canadian Lake, an alarming sound or movement outside the picture plane has caught the attention of the figures in the canoe. The subject of their interest remains unknown. Remington explained his artistic approach: "Cut down and out—do your hardest work outside the picture, and let your audience take away something to think about—to imagine."

Comments

[delmarmar.livejournal.com]

All the more curious to me, the dog is looking another way. Two points of interest in two different areas, one of more interest to the men and the other more interesting to the dog.

[tbone1961.livejournal.com]

I know this is suppose to be all serious and crap, and the husky fits really well,,,,

but I transposing Miss Kate in his/her place!

[tycho-anomaly.livejournal.com]

Nice. Reminds me of my favorite George Caleb Bingham:

[bukephalus.livejournal.com]

I don't see alarm in their faces. They're probably cruising a nearby skinny-dipper. And the dog? Cruising another dog of course.

[woofmantoronto.livejournal.com]

If it's a Canadian lake then the dog is looking at the Loons and of course the hot men must have spotted some bears in the woods ;-)