{"id":8917,"date":"2022-06-02T11:36:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=8917"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:36:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:36:55","slug":"color-light-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/color-light-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Color + Light = Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s nothing quite like travel for a reminder of how much light and color affect a sense of place. In fact, I don’t think it’s too bold to say that, for those of us interested in such things, the elements of light and color define<\/em> place.<\/p>\n

\"Kailua

Kailua Beach<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Matisse knew that fact, as did Winslow Homer and Gaugin. On the more contemporary side, look to Dorothy Caldwell<\/a>, Eric Aho<\/a> or the interior designer Justina Blakeney<\/a>* for color that portrays the essence of specific locales.<\/p>\n

\"Berkeley\"

Berkeley<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Our visits with family in Berkeley and Hawaii were nothing less than a full-on immersion in chromatic glory – especially for this northern New Englander. It was the kind of visual shake-up that makes me sit up straight and pay close attention.<\/p>\n

\"Hawaii\"

Hawaii<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

That isn’t to say things haven’t been waking up here in Vermont over the past weeks. We arrived home to find our garden bursting with the colors of Zone 4: phlox, azaleas, lilacs, iris, rhododendrons and lupins…and let’s not forget the lush Green Mountains.<\/p>\n

\"Vermont\"

Vermont<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

I’m not well-versed in the science of light wavelengths and how they are affected by their relationship to the sun or the surrounding environment, but at least I can say that their variations make my travels – and coming home – all the richer.<\/p>\n

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*Thanks for the introduction, Sandy!<\/p>\n

\u2756<\/span><\/h2>\n

For a similar experience – especially while travel is still iffy with COVID – consider tuning in to the Strong Sense of Place<\/a> podcast. Each episode explores one destination by discussing in detail, without spoilers, five books that will take you there on the page. Hosts Melissa & David ferret out books that really convey the feeling of a particular place — color and light limited only by your imagination.<\/p>\n

\"Sun

Straw Hat<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a92022 Elizabeth Fram, Watercolor and graphite on paper, 7.25 x 6 inches<\/p><\/div>\n

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