The Silver Forest
A bouquet of pink roses and carnations in a yellow vase, on a table with white lace.

Ion Șinca · The 2016 exhibition023 / 219

Homage

Omagiu

1989 · oil on canvas · 65 × 54 cm

A yellow cylindrical vase with a brick-red band stands at the centre on a table covered with a white cloth worked in relief like lace. Two distinct groups rise from it: above, long stems of carmine-pink carnations opening in serrated petals; below, a compact bouquet of pale pink and white roses with thick petals, set over a nest of blackish-green leaves. The background is a grey-green wall treated broadly, with a churned white band descending at the left. The paint is thick and laid in short strokes, with raised whites on petals and tablecloth; the chord is warm against cool — pink and yellow on grey — and the light falls evenly from the left.

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