David Ligare Visual Art Analysis

Visual Art On Sunday, February 7th, I went to McNay Art Museum that is located right outside San Antonio. The museum was founded in 1954 and is known for their collection of American and European art during the 19th and 20th century but also displays various art out of the time frame and from many other places across the world. Although the sculptures near the entrance really caught my eye structurally, while inside the museum I came across Still Life with Apples and Vessel painted by American artist David Ligare that really struck me visually. This painting is inspired by the first fruits of that the Greco-Romans would give to the gods to thank them for the harvest. David Ligare paints a very realistic picture of assorted apples and a vessel on a table accompanied by a background of a body of water and sunrise and plain black border to make the whole image really live on the canvas. Ligare’s use of oil for his painting adds to the realness of his painting. With many layers to the painting and use of shadows and light to imitate

The fruit, glass bowl and vessel all have curve lines. All the lines in the painting are not harsh or dark to add to the angelic and magical act taking place. As for the colors in the image, the only darkness in the painting are the shades. This is to highlight the light being admitted on the table onto the fruit and vessel. The reds and greens of the apples and leaves are slightly more pigmented than their surroundings, this helps to point the audience’s attention to the fruit. The vessel on the other hand share complementary colors with that of the sky and the cloth on the table and even the body of water behind it. They all have very soft color variations of blue and orange. They all make the painting very pleasing to the eye because the colors are so