"Shadows on Rocks" by Tally Forbes Watercolor
Tally Forbes - Land Shapes

February, 2008
At the Art On Rotation Gallery at Clark’s Café

The emergence of landscape from a series of overlapping geometric shapes is a very old idea. Geology teaches us that new shapes bubble up from deep within the earth, that large land masses ram into each other creating mountain and valley shapes; and that water cuts into the masses creating shapes that become steep slopes, ponds, and flat plains.

Human beings do the best they can to grow what they need on these overlapping shapes creating interesting patterns of their own on the landscape.

This series of paintings explore how simple geometric shapes interact to create the landscapes we love and must work hard to preserve.

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tallyforbes@comcast.net