Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Raising the Flag

Raising the Flag
Our glorious American flag is a treasured sight and is especially majestic when being ceremoniously raised by our precious soldiers.   In this scene, the back lighting of daybreak saturates the flag's colors such that the red leans toward orange, the white has a peachy yellow tone and the blue seems grayish indigo.   The strong contrast of the painting's values is appropriate for this noble practice and underscores the strength of the subject matter itself on this President's Day week.

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