A View From the Heartland

“A View From the Heartland,” might suggest farmsteads, rolling fields of wheat or corn, lazy rivers and myriad other possibilities. That would be a... more

by Brent Harris

Title

A View From the Heartland

Artist

Brent Harris

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

“A View From the Heartland,” might suggest farmsteads, rolling fields of wheat or corn, lazy rivers and myriad other possibilities. That would be a view from the outside of a fantasy world where, “God’s in his heaven and all’s right with the world.”
My painting of a joyful, happily-married couple, another heartland, portrays my vision of a view from the inside looking out. The frightening world of smiling aliens in a hellish landscape conservative and ultra-conservative middle America sees when it looks outside itself. Yet the couple and conservative Americans live in a real, flesh-and-blood reality between these two extremes.
Even if the couple were truly alien and their landscape otherworldly, their joy, love and radiant smiles create a joyful noise that will one day change the world.

Uploaded

March 31st, 2012