Blue Bark

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Size: 24" x 36"

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Blue Bark is capable of meaning many things to many people – This is the inner beauty of contemporary and modern art – It is liberated: Free from dictation and open to interpretation. What it means to us, how we decipher the forms and colors we see will depend upon our experiences as well as our knowledge and culture. Even so, there will be one thing everyone in this world understands: Blue Bark is nothing that can be found in nature. It can only exist in our mind and upon the canvas, within the arts – It is a concept.

The color blue symbolizes trust, truth loyalty and faith. We associate lighter shades of blue with tranquility and gentleness: And darker tones tend to denote to us a more serious and powerful completeness. Here light and dark blues been carefully balanced to create a strong but stable ambience that is harmonious to the eye and the mind.

In the US Military Blue Bark has a very specific meaning. The term comes from the old Navy days when the war ships (Ships of the Line) were trimmed with gold. When a sailor died at sea in battle this was painted blue: Hence the term Blue Bark. Today it is applied in the US military to those who DOD as well as their personal belongings and family.

Whatever the term Blue Bark might mean to you this oil painting is visually stimulating and well balanced with regards to form and color: Therefore it can be enjoyed purely for its aesthetics regardless of concept or meaning.