Oaks

1989, oil on canvas glued on cardboard, 50x70 cm /// Valdis Bušs (1924–2014) is one of the most prominent and expressive Latvian landscape painters, celebrated for his rich use of colour and distinctive, dynamic approach. The work of art created in the late period of the 1980s. The tree motif, which has been beloved to the artist has been chosen as the central theme of the painting. The shapes of the depicted oaks are stylized and they are represented close to the surface of the painting. The composition is created by using a variety of colours, in background dominates blue and blue-grey tones. The particular painting also marks the artist’s search for a new technical approach – are used colour floats and overlapping, which gives the composition the lightness characteristic of watercolour technique. /// The artist’s signature and date are on the lower left side of the painting.