The Sleep of Trees
F. Scott Hess11 p.m. in my Hours of the Day series. The woman sleeps, but the man is twisted in the sheets, restless. Sketchbooks, and tomes on Michelangelo and Bosch are at his side. The rigid, gridded interior gives way to a mounting storm outside. The laundry basket and paint brushes from the 11 a.m. hour sit in the grass, while the boat from Through the Fence (7 p.m.) is swamped by roses. The trees swirl and twist, past the house with the red door, up the road, to the electrified storm clouds in the distance.
February 9, 2010
9 of 19 
The Sleep of Trees
F. Scott Hess (b. 1955)
The Sleep of Trees
2000
oil on canvas
48 × 64 inches
11 pm in The Hours of the Day series.
