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10-Minute Challenge: ‘Canopy’

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

By Larry Buchanan, Nico Chilla and Francesca Paris

Sept. 19, 2024

Today, we bring you our third in a series of focuschallenges, in which we ask you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art.

This time, we want you to look at a piece from Catherine Murphy, who began painting in the 1960s. This painting, called “Canopy,” is from 2020.

A few things to think about during your 10 minutes:

Where could we be? What time of day is it?

What colors do you see? How do the colors and the light interact?

How do the buckets interact with the surrounding trees?

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