Impasse des bisons, sous la lune

The painting *Impasse des Bisons, Under the Moon* arranges its elements with restraint: an ochre, earthen plain occupies the lower third; a white house with a red roof sends up a thin wisp of smoke; and a tree with russet hues stands at a measured distance. The sky dominates, in deep blues that shift from midnight to vivid hues, traversed by a pale moon still visible in broad daylight. This coexistence of the sun and the moon creates a suspended sense of time that evokes the tranquil isolation of the great Canadian plains.