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“Tamarack Swamp”, After Lawrence Harris, Oil on Canvas

$325.00

Striking oil landscape done after Lawren Harris’s Tamarack Swamp, signed, titled, dated verso. The composition presents a stylized, almost mystical interpretation of a swamp at dusk, dominated by tall, slender tamarack trees rising vertically across the canvas like sentinels. The left half of the painting is dense with rich, forested greens and dark purples, suggesting a wooded hillside. White vertical trunks—some solid, others ghostlike—pierce the canopy and continue into their mirrored reflections in the swampy water below. On the right side, the tamaracks are ablaze in vibrant, fiery yellows and oranges, their forms simplified into flame-like silhouettes that glow against the darkening sky. Intertwined bare branches in white snake upward and outward, adding rhythmic energy and visual contrast.

Above, the sky is rendered in deep twilight blues, layered with sweeping bands of azure that create a serene yet dramatic atmosphere. The style is bold and sculptural, with simplified shapes, strong outlines, and expressive color contrasts. The scene feels both spiritual and otherworldly, capturing not just the physical essence of the swamp, but its quiet mystery and transcendence. One can hardly resist the spiritual force that nature could embody! Fantastic.

30” x 36”