Fall Colors
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Falltime and winter apples take on the smolder of the five o'clock November sunset: falltime, leaves, bonfires, stubble, the old things go, and the earth is grizzled. - Carl Sandburg |
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Some Franko ties are maps of previously unseen worlds. On this narrow canvas he has painted glimpses of fields about to be harvested, the low-riding autumn sun casting its ruddy light on cloud-shrouded mountain ranges, and a river snaking its way through a tranquil valley. Like an alchemist fusing primitive elements in autumn's furnace, Franko combines earth, fire, and gold, capturing the colors of this season in a permanent silken record... |
