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AFTERNOON SHADOWS (2006)
Acrylic on Panel - 12" x 9"

Inspired by a ruined abbey I saw on the coast of England, this study is an exploration of feelings about the inevitability of time. We erect monumental structures in an attempt to outlast the progress of the ages, but everything must pass in the end, whether it be the fleeting lives of butterflies or slow erosion of edifices of stone.

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Long shadows fall across the ivy covered ruins of an abbey. Standing casually in the tall grass among the ruins, a woman in a white dress with a windswept lavender sash rests one hand on her hip as she glances to the side. Her palm is upturned as if releasing a stream of pale butterflies that flutter up and away past a tall pointed arch in a sweeping S-shaped curve.

AFTERNOON SHADOWS | The Art of Michael Whelan

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