Bishop Takes Nature

Medium: Acrylic on canvas panel
Size: 11X14 inches
Location: Eureka Springs Arkansas
Year: 2026

Painted during the Eureka Springs Plein Air Festival, this piece captures an oversized outdoor chessboard tucked into the woods, where scattered pieces sat quietly beneath the trees like a paused game waiting for the next move.

The contrast between the structured geometry of the chessboard and the surrounding forest immediately stood out — ordered strategy placed in the middle of untamed nature. Painted outdoors from observation, the loose brushwork and softened edges give the scene a slightly dreamlike atmosphere, somewhere between a real place and a remembered one.