Canal with Poplars — painting by Benjamin Smit

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Canal with Poplars

BS·022 · Water · Earlier works

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A still canal fills the foreground, reflecting a row of slender poplars and a pale house on the far bank, with poppies specking the grass. The water is rendered in broad vertical drags of grey-green and cream that capture both stillness and slight movement. The symmetry of bank and reflection gives the scene an unbroken, meditative calm.