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Entrance to Taos

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Entrance to Taos
Entrance to Taos
Artist: Sharp, Joseph H.Date of Birth: 1859-1953
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 20 x 24 inches
Signed: Signed lower right

The lush colors and textures in Entrance to
Taos Can_on entice the viewerÕs eye, moving
it ever so gently toward the narrow vista
at the center of the canvas. This view
makes the can_on seem like a lost paradise,
a Southwestern Shangri-La. You want
to turn and head that way, find a path
between the trees and brush and see it for
yourself. You want those beautiful, pesky trees at right and left to part, to uproot
themselves and walk out of the frame so you can see whatÕs behind them. But they are beautiful, those trees, worth a second look. And if they, the sentinels at this gate to the can_on, are that beautiful, how magnificent the can_on itself must be! Sharp denies us the full view in order to fire our imaginations. ItÕs a brilliant aesthetic ploy, and makes for a wonderful work of art.