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Life Behind Adobe Walls

8/26/2010

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There is a very old expression in Santa Fe that refers to the often secret and scandalous private lives of many of its citizens in the past……”Life behind adobe walls.”  This latest painting for the Santa Fauve Collection is a “montage” of walls around the Santa Fe area.  This is not meant to be a “cityscape” of a view down a street but a montage of four walls brought together for comparison under the filter of the title phrase.

Many of the oldest structures in Santa Fe were an integration of the wall and the residence into one structure.
  Often the gardens and other open air features of the property were surrounded by these wall/hacienda constructions.  Later, architecture began to have the walls built away from the main building with the home in the center and the walls constructed as a perimeter protective element.

Just as every wall is different from the next one, so is the life being lived behind those walls.
  I have depicted a few varieties through painting styles and colors.  Also, to further emphasize the separation of the walls, the light source in Walls #1 and #4 is from left to right and the light source in Walls #2 and #3 is from right to left.  A subtle difference, but one that should at least register with the viewer on a sub-conscious level when studying the painting in person.

I haven’t decided what the next painting will be but two of the next paintings for this particular Collection will be titled:
  “Rain Dance” and “Ghost Dancers.”  Both paintings will be very challenging for me due to their “abstract” composition.
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Amber
9/3/2010 12:52:39 am

David,
You are incredible. I love looking at your work and recognizing myself and my culture within each piece and actually living it. May God continue to bless each stroke of your paint brush. It will come for you because God makes EVERYTHING good for those who love God.

Keep pushing. -A

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    David von Braun has spent the last 30 years living in the most dynamic and inspiring cities in the United States. Throughout his career as an artist and designer, David's spiritual journey has informed his work, and is the primary drive behind his life as an artist and the current Collections.

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