Three Fields and a Mountain 1989

Eyvind Earle made this landscape painting, Three Fields and a Mountain, with smooth paint, probably acrylic or gouache, and maybe even airbrush. Look how the fields glow in shades of green and blue. The artist builds up layer upon layer of color; the hues shift and blend creating depth and a kind of quiet luminosity. It’s not just about what you see, but also how you see. I’m drawn to the way Earle uses color to define form. The mountain in the background isn’t just a mountain; it’s an arrangement of blues, a symphony of cool tones that recede into the distance. Each brushstroke is deliberate, each color carefully chosen to create a sense of harmony and balance. This reminds me a little of Milton Avery's work, the way he flattened forms into simple shapes, but here with Earle, it's crisper, cleaner. The painting has the quiet clarity of a folk song.