Description

Medium: Oil on Paper
Size: 47 x 47 inches (119.38 x 119.38 cm)
Year: 2021
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In Blue and Brown, Lioda Conrad delves into the quiet power of earth and atmosphere. Layered washes of deep umber, ash grey, and muted blue create a surface that feels weathered and elemental—like terrain shaped by time. Subtle vertical formations rise through the composition, evoking geological strata, distant figures, or ancestral presences emerging from memory.

The restrained palette heightens the work’s contemplative quality. Conrad’s manipulation of oil on paper allows pigments to settle, blur, and merge organically, producing soft transitions and textured passages that invite close viewing. Hints of cool blue trace through the lower register, introducing movement and depth against the grounded warmth of brown.

At 47 inches square, this piece holds a balance