{"id":67,"date":"2024-06-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/work\/the-river-year\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T10:59:29","slug":"the-river-year","status":"publish","type":"kurato_project","link":"https:\/\/kurato.jawad.work\/artist\/work\/the-river-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The River Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A collector asked for one river, four times.<\/em> Same water, same year, a different season in each frame.<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t

The river runs past the collector’s house in the hills above Fellside. She grew up on it and wanted the whole year on one wall.<\/p>\n

We agreed on four visits, one each season, three days each. I painted on site in the mornings and in a borrowed barn in the afternoons.<\/p>\n

Winter was the hardest. The paint on the palette went stiff in the cold, and the snow kept changing color with the clouds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n

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\"A<\/div><\/div>
Visit 01 \u00b7 October<\/span>

The first visit. The maples were at their peak and the mountain had its first snow.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Visit 02 \u00b7 January<\/span>

Three days at minus eight. The river never froze, but the brushes did.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Visit 03 \u00b7 May<\/span>

High water after the thaw, and clouds that changed every ten minutes.<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/i>\n\t\t

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Cut 01<\/i><\/b> \/ 03<\/span>
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    \"A<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPl. 01<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRiver, January \u00b7 60 \u00d7 90 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

    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPlates<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t04<\/b>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe River Year \u00b7 2024<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\n\t\t\t

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    \"A<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPl. 02<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRiver, August \u00b7 50 \u00d7 70 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
    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPalette notes<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

    Snow is never white in a painting. Here it is blue gray in the shadow and a warm cream where the sun hits. The only pure white on the canvas is one stroke on the water.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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    Visits<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    Four, three days each<\/dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    Studio<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
    A borrowed barn<\/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
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    \u201cI see the four of them every morning. They tell me what month it is better than the calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t