In Kauffman’s painting, Autumn Trees, yellow and orange branches blow in the wind, arcing in obeyance to the earth’s raw power. The two trees seem related to each other. Perhaps they are older and younger sisters. It appears that the large tree shields the shorter one from tempestuous gusts. In between the two, an intriguing open area exists, beautiful in its curved shape.
Kauffman paints thousands of tiny lines, representing the essential life force that pulses within nature. She depicts energies that charge the surrounding air, consisting of molecules and other unseen particles that may result in synchronicity and coincidence: phenomena whose origins we don’t yet understand. Kauffman makes the invisible visible. When gazing at Autumn Trees, the viewer contemplates the beauty and mystery of life’s vibrating rhythms within flora and, outside them, in the environment.
If the trees are sisters, the viewer might feel inspired to wonder what exists in the space between herself and her loved ones? She could contemplate devotion and caring on both sides. At the same time, there’s also a shared history and scars from the conflicts they have. In the painting, when pondering the gap between the trees, the viewer can imagine she sees all those joys and sorrows in the darks and lights created by many small, energetic lines.
The thriving Autumn Trees display astounding beauty with their orange and gold colors as their leaves near the end of their cycle. This painting honors life’s constant changes.
Autumn Trees is being exhibited for the first time March 20-23, 2025 at the Palm Beach/Art Miami Fair in the West Palm Beach Convention Center, 650 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, Florida, in the Walter Wickiser Gallery booth. MORE INFO
