Beauty of Decay
In this painting, the essence of a Pacific Northwest autumn unfolds like a surreal poem. Rivers and streams pulse with the final pilgrimage of salmon, their bodies a kaleidoscope of decaying splendor. Like leaves in a flamboyant farewell, salmon skins gleam with jeweled hues, a testament to their journey’s end. As if dropped onto the canvas from above, ink splatter bursts out towards the edges of the canvas like a gyotaku print. These once formidable predators now resemble mythical creatures, driven solely by the primal urge to spawn. They return to the very streams of their birth, akin to fallen leaves delicately drifting back to earth. The canvas pulsates with the rhythm of life’s final dance, where mortality and beauty intertwine in an intricate and colorful embrace. Each expressive mark of oil paint was made by pops of air from the artist’s industrial compressed, and brushes honed the chaos back in, as the artist finessed the fishy features into their final resting place.
Title: "Beauty of Decay” by Iris Scott
Year: 2023
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 72x24 inches. Canvas depth - 2-1/4 inches. The sides of the canvas are painted as a wrap-around continuation of the painting. Arrives ready to hang.
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