by Martin Grelle
| Because of
his Native American ancestry, Martin Grelle particularly enjoys painting
Native Americans and their culture. He travels the West looking for
perfect places within which to place his characters, and often those
places include a river, stream or pond. In this piece, the deep blues of
the water contrasted with the light grayish tones in the rocks
alongside the stream in the foreground serve to lead the viewer into the
painting and back to the sparkling white of the brave's horse. It
is a peaceful, serene moment which would be punctuated only be the
sounds of the forest and stream itself.
The original "oil on linen" painting of
"Still Water Crossing"
|