A La Lande! (To the Moor!) - Small Contemporary Painting By Karibou - 12½" x 19¼"

A la Lande! [To the Moor!] is a small oil on cardboard rendered in a panoramic format, its surface worked with soft impasto and scumbled passages. A storm-heavy sky of slate blue and pewter rolls above a band of muted green heath, while a foreground of golden-ochre grasses and sand glows with broken, feathery strokes. Near the right of center, a small dark dog stands in profile, its silhouette anchoring the horizon and giving scale to the open land. The composition is spare and balanced, the brushwork tactile yet restrained.

The mood is contemplative and windswept, that quiet interval when weather gathers and time seems to slow. The cool, vaporous sky presses gently against the luminous field, and the lone dog becomes a tender witness to the vastness around it. The painting holds a hushed drama, evoking the earthy scent of moorland and the expectancy of rain, and it leaves a lingering impression of solitude softened by warmth and memory.

This atmospheric painting captures the quiet, expansive feeling of a walk on the moor just before the weather turns. Its subject fits naturally in a coastal retreat, where the  the horizon-like stretch of landscape echoes the openness of the sea. It’s also a thoughtful choice for dog lovers who know that exact moment: the pause, the breeze, the sense of shared freedom between human and companion.

Light wear.
Approx. overall 12½" high x 19¼" wide x ¾" thick 
Approx. overall 32cm high x 49cm wide x 2cm thick