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 Trine Bumiller: Wood Water RockNovember 2004 Minimize
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Trine Bumiller: Wood Water Rock
November 2004


Wood water rock

Trine Bumiller’s Wood Water Rock, is made of eighteen separate wood panels painted in oils. The work is located at the new Colorado Convention Center. The long rectangular panels are mounted both vertically and horizontally on the curved wall outside the amphitheater, incorporating the white space of the background wall into the overall design. A balcony overlooks the space from the second floor. It is also the lobby space for the amphitheater and a natural gathering place with a bar directly across. The paintings are also visible from outside of the Colorado Convention Center.

Wood water rock

Trine uses the old technique of oil glazing, applying as many as forty-five layers of oil films per painting. Trine also utilizes traditional materials for preparing her paintings, including rabbit skin glue, pure spirits of gum turpentine and Damar varnish. The result is a rich, glowing and luminescent effect.

Wood Water Rock combines various abstract images based on themes from Colorado’s landscape. Different panels show mountain ridges, pools of water, snow, trees, grasses and rivers. Colors such as sandstone, ocher, slate blue, cerulean blue and pine green emphasize the rich earth tones prevalent in Colorado.

Trine states,"The effect will be a montage of Colorado concepts, in details and perspectives that express the whole. They will be iconic and universal and evocative of the state of Colorado."

wood water rock

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