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Though considered fabrications by eastern visitors and collectors, John Marshall Gamble's vivid depictions of wildflowers were honest representations of springtime in the Southern California countryside. Affectionately dubbed as "Gamble's Prairie Fires," these works were not only stunning in their brightness and intensity but also in their faithful interpretations of nature.
Wild Mustard is one such example. The brilliant tones of yellow along the hillside are almost unbelievable in their radiance. The subtle juxtaposition of the distant mountains in complementary purple further heightens the intensity of the foreground color.
Gamble once commented on his passion for painting these bright wildflowers: "I never painted them as flowers at all. I didn't even think of them as flowers while I was painting. They were just color patches to me. I simply liked the way they designed themselves across the field." (Santa Barbara News Press, April 3, 1956)
Wild Mustard is one such example. The brilliant tones of yellow along the hillside are almost unbelievable in their radiance. The subtle juxtaposition of the distant mountains in complementary purple further heightens the intensity of the foreground color.
Gamble once commented on his passion for painting these bright wildflowers: "I never painted them as flowers at all. I didn't even think of them as flowers while I was painting. They were just color patches to me. I simply liked the way they designed themselves across the field." (Santa Barbara News Press, April 3, 1956)