Bob Durden
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Three Graces
oil on gessoed cradelboard
24 x 24 x 1.63 inches
2012
oil on gessoed cradelboard
24 x 24 x 1.63 inches
2012
Growing up and living much of my life in Montana, I have always been drawn to the landscape for inspiration. I am continually struck by the surrounding beauty. The relationship between humans and nature is focal to most of my work, though ironically, humans are rarely present. An analogy is made between the strength of a tree and the will of an individual. A tree's limbs sway in the breeze and grow continually upward in the same manner that the character of an individual is determined by external forces, but more importantly by desire and perseverance.
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