“Fading Sunset Flame” is a vibrant landscape painting created by artist Eyvind Earle in 1995, in the United States. The piece is associated with the Magic Realism art movement, a genre that blends magical elements with a realistic view of the world.
The artwork depicts an enchanting and stylized landscape that is both fantastical and grounded in the natural world. The viewer is presented with a scene rich in contrasting colors and textures. At the top, a dark silhouette of a tree branch with leaves fans out against the background. The landscape unfolds in layers; rolling hills and round-topped trees feature prominently across the canvas. The color palette is bold and saturated, transitioning from cool blue and purple tones in the upper and lower sections to warm hues of yellow and green in the center, suggesting the glow of a fading sunset.
A series of radiant yellow lines cut across the middle of the composition, mimicking beams of light piercing through the landscape. The hills appear to be alive with color and movement—bright greens, blues, and even splashes of red and violet bring a dreamy, otherworldly quality to the scene. The round, bushy trees are painted in a uniform, dark color, contrasting sharply with the vivid undergrowth and the brightness of the clearing they enclose. These elements all come together to create a sense of enchantment and surreal beauty, typical of Magic Realism’s attempt to capture the marvelous in the mundane.