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<\/a>Colby Sanford, “Green Like Sunshine,” 2020, acrylic on panel, 16 x 20 in.<\/p><\/div>\n
Provo artist Colby Sanford looks for the poetic in the prosaic and his intimate paintings created in a restricted palette are often accompanied by poems that further illuminate the extraordinary in the ordinary. On the back of “Green Like Sunshine,” you’ll find the following poem:<\/p>\n
Green like Sunshine<\/p>\n
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(That is to say<\/p>\n
it rises and falls,<\/p>\n
Comes and goes,<\/p>\n
Lives and dies.<\/p>\n
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Springtime is its morning,<\/p>\n
Summer is its youth.<\/p>\n
It will not live through fall.<\/p>\n
When the winter winds call,<\/p>\n
It sleeps.)<\/p>\n
<\/a>Colby Sanford, “Between Below & Above,” 2023, acrylic on panel, 11 x 14 in.<\/p><\/div>\n
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“Between Below & Above” was part of an exhibition titled “How Many Pieces of Me are Somewhere in the Sky.” The painting offers a poignant visual exploration of introspection and the ephemeral nature of aspirations. In this tender composition, the artist captures a moment suspended in time, where the subject\u2014a young child\u2014rests their head upon their hands in a gesture that seems to reflect contemplation or perhaps wistful longing.<\/p>\n
The work\u2019s cool palette\u2014comprising of subdued blues, soft grays, and gentle browns\u2014sets a mood that is both dreamlike and serene, invoking the liminality of the space between consciousness and a dream state. The child’s downcast gaze and the quiet repose suggest a deep inward journey, symbolic of the quest to connect with one\u2019s own inner hopes or meditative self.<\/p>\n
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