Mads Bryld: Sometime in the Spring – Somewhere in the Fall

In Mads Bryld’s new paintings, the seasons transition. Subtly and reserved, winter turns to spring, and summer stretches lazily into fall - like a cat waking up from a nap. If you don’t spend much time in nature, the change of seasons can feel abrupt - almost violent. You feel unprepared. If you do spend time in nature, cultivated or wild, in your garden, in the cemetery, the forest or in the mountains, you feel the constant and infinite cycle, the everlasting transition. You sense the minute change in temperature from one morning to the next, how the April sun has moved slightly higher above the oak gathering strength, to step out of winter and leaf out.