Southwest Art, October 1st, 2003
Greg Skol's landscapes exude a surreal sense of contemplation
CINEMATOGRAPHERS HAVE A TERM for the fleeting moments at the end of the day when light takes on ethereal hues and clings to surfaces, lending everything the richest, most enchanting colors of twilight. They call it "magic hour," and they wait patiently to film in it, because whatever transpires in that light becomes invested with emotional resonance. Santa Fe painter Greg Skol doesn't wait for magic hour; he invents it on canvases. It is his very subject. Skol's small-scale landscapes are typically illuminated either by twilight or...
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