![]() ![]() ![]() The genesis of At the Edge of a Wood combines Sara’s grief at the death of Kathrijn and a chance sighting of “a girl emerging alone from the wood” (27). The history of At the Edge of a Wood is a case in point. Smith’s attention to the non-technical aspects of her work-including her state of mind when she produces the art, her perceived audience, her financial status, and choices she makes to communicate a particular message-allow the reader to see that producing art is not simply a mechanical process of mimicking the world on canvas. ![]() Sara brings technical expertise to her craft-how to use the camera obscura, perspective, the vanishing point, and particular colors to produce a painting. The descriptions of how Sara comes to create At the Edge of a Wood give the reader insight into the creative process allowing the artist to produce works of art. ![]()
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