Ina Qirushi - "Baxter Boulevard" - 8" x 8" Acrylic on Canvas
Overview
"Baxter Boulevard" is a captivating contemporary abstract landscape painting by acclaimed regional artist Ina Qirushi. Measuring a highly collectible 8" x 8" square format, this expressive work beautifully captures the moody atmosphere, low-slung horizon, and shifting coastal light inspired by the iconic Back Cove shoreline in Portland, Maine.
Specifications
Artist: Ina Qirushi
Title: "Baxter Boulevard"
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 8"W x 8"H (Square Mini Format)
Artist Style & Composition
Demonstrating her mastery of layered textures and atmospheric color fields, Ina anchors the composition with a wide, dark, and highly tactile foreground representing a rugged coastal shore or mudflat. The middle ground features a calm, glassy expanse of tidal water that reflects the soft light of a fading sun. The painting dramatically comes alive in the sky, where a narrow, brilliant band of fiery amber and golden sunset light along the horizon is overcome by massive, sweeping, gestural strokes of deep teal, turquoise, and stormy charcoal clouds moving overhead.
Application & Stylistic Technique
- Brushwork: Highly expressive and multi-layered. The artist uses heavy, arched, dry-brushed sweeps across the upper sky to simulate fast-moving storm clouds, contrasted by flat, horizontal palette knife marks to define the calm tidal basin.
- Texture: High physical impasto and sgraffito. Thick, gestural strokes of dark umber and sienna lift off the lower third of the canvas, giving the shoreline an organic, three-dimensional surface that responds dynamically to direct room lighting.
- Color Temperature Contrast: A powerful study in opposites. The high-energy, warm cadmium oranges and gold tones glowing along the distant horizon line are beautifully framed and compressed by the cool, dominant teal and dark earth shadows.
Inventory Status: Available for purchase online or in the gallery.
Shipping/Pickup: Shipping is available, with items securely packaged in professional archival materials, insured, and shipped globally; complimentary local pickup is also available at our 23 North Main Street gallery.
