{"id":66,"date":"2024-11-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/work\/marsh-light\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:59:29","slug":"marsh-light","status":"publish","type":"kurato_project","link":"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/work\/marsh-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsh Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kurato-synopsis kurato-wrap kurato-grid wp-block-kurato-synopsis\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kurato-lead\">For six weeks every fall the marsh behind the town turns red, then gold, then brown. I painted it <em>every dry day.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kurato-copy\"><p>The marsh is a twenty minute walk from the studio, past the boatyard and over the old sea wall. Most people walk past it to get to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>I painted standing in rubber boots, on a light easel I could carry with one hand. Marsh grass is impossible to draw, so I stopped drawing it and painted the color in short, broken strokes.<\/p>\n<p>The Path at Dusk is the only painting from the wood at the edge of the marsh. The light came through the trees like a stove door left open.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"kurato-sequence wp-block-kurato-sequence\" aria-label=\"Sequence\" data-dark=\"true\">\n\t<div class=\"kurato-sequence-pin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-cue is-on\"><div class=\"kurato-still\"><div class=\"kurato-px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-1280x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-wide size-kurato-wide\" alt=\"Tall golden reeds and thin trees at the edge of a bright marsh.\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"kurato-mono\">Week 1 \u00b7 Gold<\/span><p>Early September. The reeds catch the light first, the grass a week later.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-cue\"><div class=\"kurato-still\"><div class=\"kurato-px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-autumn-marsh-1280x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-wide size-kurato-wide\" alt=\"A still marsh pool reflects a cloudy sky beside a clump of autumn trees.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-autumn-marsh-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-autumn-marsh-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"kurato-mono\">Week 4 \u00b7 Still pool<\/span><p>A windless morning and a pool so still it held the whole sky.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-cue\"><div class=\"kurato-still\"><div class=\"kurato-px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-red-marsh-dusk-1280x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-wide size-kurato-wide\" alt=\"A dark line of trees above a field of red marsh grass at dusk.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-red-marsh-dusk-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-red-marsh-dusk-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div><\/div><figcaption><span class=\"kurato-mono\">Week 6 \u00b7 Red<\/span><p>The last week, when the grass turns the color of rust.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"kurato-sequence-wipe\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t<div class=\"kurato-bar kurato-bar-top\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"kurato-bar kurato-bar-bottom\"><div class=\"kurato-sequence-ui\"><span class=\"kurato-sequence-count kurato-mono\">Cut <b><i>01<\/i><\/b> \/ 03<\/span><ol aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><\/ol><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"kurato-plates kurato-wrap kurato-grid wp-block-kurato-plates\" aria-label=\"Plates\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-plate-a\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-still kurato-r-scope\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-1920x803.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-scope size-kurato-scope\" alt=\"Tall golden reeds and thin trees at the edge of a bright marsh.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-1920x803.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-960x402.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-mono kurato-scene\">Pl. 01<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-mono\">Golden Reeds \u00b7 60 \u00d7 100 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"kurato-plates-head kurato-mono\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-scene\">Plates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>04<\/b>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Marsh Light \u00b7 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-plate-b\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-still kurato-r-tall\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-red-forest-dusk-1000x1250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-tall size-kurato-tall\" alt=\"A path leads into a pine wood with red light glowing between the trunks.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-mono kurato-scene\">Pl. 02<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-mono\">The Path at Dusk \u00b7 70 \u00d7 110 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kurato-plates-note\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-mono\">Palette notes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Broken color: cadmium red light and viridian laid side by side and never mixed. Up close it is noise. From across the room it is <em>grass in the evening.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class=\"kurato-mono\">Easel<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Aluminum field easel<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class=\"kurato-mono\">Strokes<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Short, broken, unblended<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"kurato-quote kurato-wrap kurato-panel wp-block-kurato-quote\">\n\t<blockquote>\n\t\t<p>\u201cShe made us look at the marsh again. Half the town went out there after the show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"kurato-mono\">Hal Brennick, Wrenhaven Arts Center<\/footer>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"kurato-selects kurato-wrap wp-block-kurato-selects\" aria-label=\"Selects\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kurato-sec-head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Four canvases from the studio <em>wall.<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-mono\">Marsh Light \u00b7 Oil on linen \u00b7 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<ul class=\"kurato-selects-strip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"is-select\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-select-frame\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-still\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-golden-reeds-1000x1250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-tall size-kurato-tall\" alt=\"Tall golden reeds and thin trees at the edge of a bright marsh.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-no kurato-mono\">01<svg class=\"kurato-grease\" viewBox=\"0 0 100 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path pathLength=\"1\" d=\"M8 52C6 22 30 6 56 8C82 10 97 28 94 54C91 80 66 95 40 92C16 89 4 72 9 46C12 30 24 18 40 12\"\/><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-title\">Golden Reeds<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-meta kurato-mono\">60 \u00d7 100 cm \u00b7 Select<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-select-frame\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-still\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-autumn-marsh-1000x1250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-tall size-kurato-tall\" alt=\"A still marsh pool reflects a cloudy sky beside a clump of autumn trees.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-no kurato-mono\">02<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-title\">Marsh Pool, October<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-meta kurato-mono\">60 \u00d7 100 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-select-frame\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-still\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-red-marsh-dusk-1000x1250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-tall size-kurato-tall\" alt=\"A dark line of trees above a field of red marsh grass at dusk.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-no kurato-mono\">03<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-title\">Red Marsh<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-meta kurato-mono\">40 \u00d7 70 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-select-frame\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"kurato-still\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/landscape-red-forest-dusk-1000x1250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kurato-tall size-kurato-tall\" alt=\"A path leads into a pine wood with red light glowing between the trunks.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-no kurato-mono\">04<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-title\">The Path at Dusk<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-select-meta kurato-mono\">70 \u00d7 110 cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kurato-selects-cap kurato-mono\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Paintings 01 to 04<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"kurato-pick\">Golden Reeds leads the series<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"kurato-credits kurato-credits-film kurato-panel wp-block-kurato-credits\" aria-label=\"Full credits\">\n\t<div class=\"kurato-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kurato-credits-intro\">One painter, one studio, <em>marsh light.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"kurato-sr\">\n\t\t\t\tFull credits\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"kurato-roll\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"kurato-roll-dept\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span>Behind the series<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt>Painted by<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Odile Marrow<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt>Stretchers<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Teo Lindqvist<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt>Hanging<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Wrenhaven Arts Center team<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt>Photography of the works<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Mira Castell<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt>Shown by<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<dd>Wrenhaven Arts Center<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kurato-roll-end\">And a pair of boots that <em>never dried 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