Moving Sky Mirrored
Artist
R. Scott Baltz
Year2013
Classification
painting
Medium
oil and wax on wood panel
Dimensions30 x 40 x 2 1/2 in. (76.2 x 101.6 x 6.4 cm)
Credits
Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
- For the courtroom lobby of the Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building in Bangor, Maine, R. Scott Baltz created a pair of paintings that speak to the essence of the Maine landscape. Moving Sky Mirrored presents a sweeping lake vista, framed by receding mountains and a cloud-filled sky. Its complement, Opening Sky Stillness, depicts an intimate view of a pine-filled tree line by the water’s edge, below a mountain sheathed in golden light. Both paintings were inspired by the artist’s interest in transitory light and how it simultaneously exudes a sense of calm and a contained quiet energy.