In
this
ethereal painting
entitled “Bridle Path”
is one of Mulleian’s most complicated achievements, in its attempt
of capturing
the very essence of a night, soft as satin yet in a natural, though trancelike
setting, an environment
of nocturnal majesty and errant affection. In viewing the original painting
viewers experience the need
of adjusting their eyes as one would in an actual moonlit night environment.
The
artist spent three years studying the effects
of the soft iridescent moonlight and muted colors of night on people,
plants, trees, ground and the windmill in Golden Gate Park. So intensely
nuanced are its hues of light to shadow and shadow
to light, it began to play tricks on the artist’s eyes six months into the painting.
Were the blues become greens that suddenly become reds in kaleidoscopic colors,
across the artist’s vision that left him ill for four days. The painting took
one year to complete.
Bridle
Path
Beneath
the sound
of moving blades,
comfort
is found
in unsuspecting
places.
Children
of the
night roam
the bridle
path like mirages
of passing
faces as
a haunting
summer
wind taunts
desires
that are sanctioned
by a full moon's
glow.
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