Pacific Northwest Landscapes · horizontal · prints up to about 47 inches wide

Red Hammock on the Porch by the River

A red rope hammock hangs from a wooden post at the corner of a covered timber deck, with sunlit steps leading down to a lawn. In the foreground, tall purple flower spikes and small blue wildflowers grow beside a row of stones. Behind a wire fence and gate, a pale rushing river runs in front of a line of green trees under a clear blue sky. The colors are vivid and the surface has a smooth, painterly finish.

A red hammock hanging empty in low summer sun is a scene most people recognise at once and wish they were standing in. This piece puts it in a bold, saturated frame: a red hammock, deep blue sky, violet flower spikes and a rushing silver river, all in one image. Plenty of porch and garden photographs exist. Few have a single saturated red object that anchors the whole composition and works as an invitation. For someone with a bare wall in a living room, sunroom, cabin or rental, it offers a ready-made place to rest the eye and a strong colour to build a room around.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski