Skyscape V Painting

“Skysights” was an obvious name for these dainty images, but Peter Heij calls them “Skyscapes”. This name emphasizes that, like the creation of land from sea in Holland by the Dutch, something is created here, it is cultivated by the hand of man. And, indeed, while the painter, from a technical standpoint, works in a strict realistic manner, he also abstracts the subject – not by adding “strange” or “unnatural” elements, but omitting everything else. Since there is no land in sight, no living soul, not even a heavenly body, the viewer loses all reference points. The scale and orientation of the image hang in the air. Only the sunbeams, the composition of the clouds, and the form of the canvas gives an indication. The sky is divorced from the earth, loose from the ground, endless, immeasurable, absolute. The atmosphere is global, the most universal location on earth. Peter Heij stresses, as well, the singular character of his “Skyscapes”. Each of them defines itself through a particular place, occurrence, or person. The sky is not a “no-man’s land”. On the contrary, it is part of everyday life – no more the seat of the gods or a purgatory of the dead, but the unending vista of every mortal. From: Peter Heij, Figures and Skyscapes by Dr. David Bos. Translated from Dutch by David Michael Haley.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16.9 W x 16.9 H x 1.2 D in

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