Unfolding Landscape

Todd Loyal Rose, Unfolding Landscape, oil on canvas, 24 inches by 18 inches, framed size 26 inches by 20 inches. Artist statement: As an artist, I am trying to put my finger on the pattern of life where the intent meets the result and to shorten the timeline. This is what I attempt to depict in my work: To see the beginning, middle and end all in one glimpse. Like a revolving door or the eroding of a sand painting, life is a moment in motion. While in school in the southwest, I often watched Navajo and Pueblo artists create sand paintings. They are beautiful, precision artistic creations made of grains of sand in the outdoors where winds will eventually blow them apart, returning the sand to the earth and erasing the artwork. I had a difficult time watching this happen in real time. I thought, “How could you watch your work disappear at the same time you are making it?” Looking back I understand that it was not the painting that was the intent but rather the moment of transition. It wa