Schuster, Helga: Eventide
9.5in. x 10.5in.
oil on glass
HGH comments: What is special about this painting you cannot see: it is a glass painting. That means painting on the glass but from the back, backwards. It is very complicated to paint backwards. If the slightest scratch or damage occurs, it is finished you can throw it away. I have got two glass paintings, that is more than enough.
It shows a couple in retirement, at their holiday home. The landscape shows a withering atmosphere, which has the quality of penetrating to the viewer — I can see the feeling. Autumn of your life, not of the landscape. Eventide is the end of a life, it’s when the leaves turn brown and yellow. Evening of a life.