Solitude’s Enchantment

The necromancy of noonday light holds a fascination for the landscape painter that he cannot escape. He is forever trying to perform the same magic on canvas. Sometimes he succeeds. Payne’s success with Solitude’s Enchantment is amazing. Here is nature—here is light—seen through a temperament. It is an art of the highest. The mountain wall shows amethyst of a crystal clarity. The lower cliffs are gray-pink with sunlight. The vivid green of trees and grass makes the entire canvas sparkle in light. In the Alvah G. Strong collection.