Quietly the night falls in Dalhart Windberg’s oil painting,
“Up Late.” A muted bluish palette, casts
a slumberous atmosphere, yet beneath the moon glow ripples softly disturb the
reflection of a pond as two ducks swim languidly in unison. Windberg, known for his immaculate and
detailed technique that was inspired by viewing the Old Master’s paintings in
Europe has presented a nighttime scene that is true to life. Windberg’s signature “smooth surface”
painting technique is ideal in recreating delicate features of a nocturnal moment
such as the slivers of moonlight illuminating the bare branches of trees that encircle
the midnight blue pond. A gentle lunar radiance highlights muted
earthy green tufts of grasses that are growing upon the moonlit water's bank, further
showcasing Windberg’s eye for capturing detail.
The reflection of the moon brings attention to the two feathered
inhabitants of the pond. The highlighted
ripples are zigzagging and leading the eye to travel further back into the distance,
across the grassy plain that harbors a variety of reddish browns and golds,
towards the horizon, where a couple of dwellings are nestled in the blue gray shadows,. A lone light is on in one of the homes, the
only indicator of a presence that is awake in this late hour, a time for
restorative contemplation.
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