Daniel Fischer

Painting in Nature (Summer/Winter)

1993
Acrylic and oil on canvas
47 x 78
UAMA Collection: Museum Purchase with Funds Provided By the Edward J. Gallagher, Jr. Memorial Fund
Theme: Isolation
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Daniel Fischer’s nature painting lacks the sense of tranquility we might typically expect with a painting titled, “Painting in Nature”. With no foreground, horizon line, or a depiction of human form, this image captures that sense of overwhelming isolation and anxiety many of us feel in 2020.