Echoes of Community II, Red Painting

An original acrylic painting of a crowd of figures in crimson, ochre and white. Tall, close standing figures fill the left of the canvas in deep reds and burgundy, their round heads caught by touches of white and gold, and the crowd fades into a pale, warm light on the right. The artist paints it as a celebration of the bonds that unite people through shared experience, tradition and purpose, with the light standing for optimism and the promise of a brighter future. It is a landscape canvas of 20 x 13 inches, about 51 x 33cm, painted in acrylic and signed LEXIS at the lower right. Of the artist's crowd scenes, this is the one held almost entirely in warm reds, so it brings heat to a pale wall. If you would rather have a gathering of figures in cooler blues at a smaller size, look at the artist's Figures of Unity. The canvas ships rolled in a tube, unstretched and unframed, so allow for stretching or framing. Keep it out of direct sun and dust it gently with a soft dry brush.