International studio (33.1907/1908(1908))

L. H. Meakin


enlivened by flow-
ing water and its
mirroring surface,
as seen through
the somber sheen
of a gray day. In
the depicting of
Cincinnati, the in-
tricate tracery of
delicate branches
belonging to the
slender trunks of
tall trees, forms
the top of an
almost medieval
conception. The
stately uprights of
the trees become
panelings for the
frequent glimpses
of the distant city,
which is purposely
presented light in
color while the dark underbrush of the foreground
leads in spots of receding gradations across the hol-
low toward the mosaic of dwellings on the opposite
hillside. The dignity of the setting and the charm of
the varitinted vista have united in the accomplish-

TWILIGHT, LITTLE MIAMI RIVER

BY L. H. MEAKIN

ment of a work intended to stimulate the imagination
as well as to delight the esthetic sense. An Ohio
Landscape, in its freshness of handling, is especially
interesting for a certain breezy realism which seems
literally to have caught and fixed upon the canvas


AN OHIO LANDSCAPE

BY L. H. MEAKIN