The Artwork that I will be analyzing is ‘(blossoming) Autumn sun’ paint in 2006 by Imants Tillers using acrylic, gouache on 54 canvas boards. Imants Tillers is an Australian artist, curator, and a writer who was born in the 1950’s in Sydney. He is also known for painting ‘Conversation with the bride, ‘The Bridge of reversible Destiny, ‘The Letter I, and ‘The Forming of Place. The artwork is on a white and grey background with lines going across that looks like water and the sun. There are also two trees without leaves and with leaves fallen on the floor with text all over the artwork. Imants Tillers artwork ‘blossoming’ has many elements and principles that are demonstrated in the artwork. These are line, shape, textures, and movement. Line
October/ Octubre by Patssi Valdez (1995: fig.1) gives the viewer an inside look into this brightly colored world similar to magical realism as we stare at a table with item and a window view that looks outside at swirls of frosty cold air. This large scale acrylic painting on canvas measures to 78 1/16" x 26 3/8" x 1". At first glance we, the audience, are faced looking at a table with blue patterned table cloth and three objects on top; a book of Sor Juana, a golden pear, and a potted plant holding two yellow tiger lilies. At the bottom foreground of the painting, we can see a red and blue circular rug underneath the table with a pair of pointed black shoes, suggesting that this is a female’s home. The background of this painting, depicts
Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
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This work shows impeccably drawn beech and basswood trees. It was painted for a New York collector by the name of Abraham M. Cozzens who was then a member of the executive committee of the American Art-Union. The painting shows a new trend in the work of the Hudson River School. It depicts a scene showing a tranquil mood. Durand was influenced by the work of the English landscape painter John Constable, whose vertical formats and truth to nature he absorbed while visiting England in 1840.
Gardening is Finley's graffiti and art. He believes that the gardens are meant to be shared with all and used as a tool to educate and transform his community. The gardens help change and develop the lives and future of children and young people. He believes to make change, you have to focus on the community and change the composition of the soil. The people are the soil. Finley’s plans for the garden include getting people to grow their own food, open farmer's markets, and make healthy cafes out of shipping
Ms. Kilgallen produced several paintings that are very interesting. One is a photograph of an elderly gentleman sitting in front of an old wooden fence or building. His appearance is a little rough-looking with a short white beard, and a ball cap that reads Weed, California. The clothes that he is wearing are clean, but slightly tattered, and he is wearing several layers as though he may spend a lot of time outside. He has an intense look on his face as though he feels sad; or if he has regrets. She painted a woman sitting ...
With an admiration for the unconventional, I am moved by Jackson Pollock’s Autumn Rhythm (number 30). If I could see any art piece in person, this would be my choice. I believe that Pollock’s radical painting style and the way in which he lay the canvas flat on the floor to work, gives this piece a deepened perspective. There is a visible control in the chaos to which Pollock has said "I can control the flow of paint: there is no accident." Seeing this piece in person would awaken my unconsciousness, and convey the feeling of spontaneity that I wish society will still embrace.
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
From the piece of artwork “Rain at the Auvers”. I can see roofs of houses that are tucked into a valley, trees hiding the town, black birds, clouds upon the horizon, hills, vegetation, a dark stormy sky and rain.
Comparing different works of art from one artist can help a person gain a better understanding of an artist and the purpose of their artwork. An artist’s works of art usually have similarities as well as differences when compared together. Sandy Skoglund is a photographer that stages entire rooms to create a scene for her photographs. Skoglund uses painting, sculpture, and photography to create her artwork. Due to the fact that most of her photographs are created in similar ways, almost all of her photographs have similar components represented throughout the photographs. Differences can be found in her artwork as well. Skoglund’s Revenge of The Goldfish, 1981 (Figure 1), is a popular work of art that is represented at the Akron Art Museum
The French 1884 oil on canvas painting The Song of the Lark by Jules-Adolphe Breton draws grasps a viewer’s attention. It draws an observer in by its intense but subtle subject matter and by the luminous sun in the background. Without the incandescent sun and the thoughtful look of the young woman, it would just be a bland earth-toned farm landscape. However, Breton understood what to add to his painting in order to give it drama that would instantly grab an onlooker’s interest.
“Autumn on the Hudson” by Jasper F. Cropsey is small, approximately 8in by 22in, oil painting. This particular piece of artwork is deep in depth within the picture itself. It shows more than one mountain range and it also shows the depth of the river as it flows from afar to up close. Cropsey created this artwork with oil paints on a canvas. He could have used a small sharp tool to spread the oil on the canvas. The strokes in the painting look small but very detailed. The painting employs bright and more natural colors. The colors are blended in a way to make them look realist. The artist even blended brighter colors into the river to create a reflections of the tree line and the sunset or sunrise. The colors stand out because they look earthly, they look like the colors people would notice on trees during the fall season. The colors on the trees are more red and yellow because they will start to die and fall of the trees as the winter season nears. The line strokes used in this painting seem to be small, detailed, and controlled. The painting looks very detailed from afar and up close. The lines seem to be more
Their similarities include both of the artists Imants Tillers and Rosalie Gascoigne being passionate about the environment and they loved the beauty of the Australian landscape. In their artwork both of them had used a grid to represent the changing sections of the landscape and they also built their work in layers. Both used text and referenced to literature and poetry, as in Rosalie’s artwork she used broken text combined together to make an image of a worn path whereas Imants uses words to portray a message and make a personal statement about the area. Rosalie Gascoigne referenced hers painting through the titles and the logos used in the imagery whereas Imants used direct quotes from poetry, place names and including his own message. Both of the artists lived in the same area and were influenced by the beauty and freedom in the landscape and they both believed in taking care of the environment. Rosalie loved the freedom and open spaces whereas Imants appreciated the bohemian nature of living in sync with the landscape and was influenced by indigenous beliefs. Both artists were also influenced by Japanese techniques as Rosalie had previous skills in Ikebana which valued line, from which influenced her making meaning from text to form imagery on the other hand Imants also had previous skills from Neko reprographic technology which allowed large images to be computer generated and printed on
This is an image that I think of when I consider Japanese culture. They love gardens like this and you see similar images often when considering their culture. It is difficult to tell for sure, but the people in the distance appear to be dressed up. It is as though they have put on their best clothes to step out and enjoy this relaxing setting. I believe that this print is successful at capturing a moment in the mid 1800’s very well. It causes me to sense and experience what the artist was trying to capture. This print seems to conform to the formal theory of art. The print has only images of each object. None of them are particularly detailed or real to life but they do a very good job of organizing and describing the basic elements of the scene. It uses similar colors, shapes, and lines to those one might find in this garden in
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