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Hot Country
Hot Country
Hot Country

Hot Country

Artist Elmer Schooley 1916 Lawrence, Kansas - 2007 Roswell, New Mexico
Date1983
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions80 x 90 in. (203.2 x 228.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum Purchase, 1989 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1992.30.1
DescriptionA red background with many shades of red, green, and blue splotches.
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  • Common Ground 2021
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Elmer Schooley

1916 Lawrence, Kansas – 2007 Roswell, New Mexico

Hot Country
1983-85
oil on canvas
museum purchase, 1989 General Obligation Bonds

PC1992.30.1

 

Elmer Schooley celebrated the natural environment of grasslands and rolling hills by focusing

on the repeating patterns of dry vegetation and topography. From a distance his paintings look

abstract, but they are filled with details that accurately depict the colors and textures of southern New Mexico. In the large painting Hot Country, the artist exaggerates the heat of the dry earth and contrasts the bright salmon warmth of the soil with the cool green and sage colors of the mounded shrubs. It would often take Schooley years to develop his surfaces, methodically adding one color at a time.

País cálido

1983-85

óleo sobre lienzo

adquisición del museo, bonos de obligación general de 1989

PC1992.30.1

 

Elmer Schooley rindió homenaje al entorno natural de pastizales y colinas ondulantes enfocándose en los patrones repetitivos de vegetación seca y accidentes topográficos. Desde lejos sus pinturas parecen abstractas, pero están llenas de detalles que representan con exactitud los colores y texturas del sur de Nuevo México. En la pintura de gran tamaño Hot Country, el artista exagera el calor de la tierra seca y contrasta la calidez brillante de color asalmonado de la tierra con los colores frescos verde y salvia de los matorrales. Schooley a menudo tardaba años en desarrollar sus superficies, añadiendo de forma metódica un color a la vez.

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