The black areas become the negative space. If you are seeing black areas as the area of interest in her artwork, then you are seeing them as the positive space and the white area as the negative space. With the camera being made up of geometric shapes, the centre (lens of camera) becomes the dominant viewpoint due to the pattern projecting out from the origin of the circle; creating a uniformed composition. The scale of pattern varies; creating depth and three-dimensional effects by overlapping the lines in some areas. Geometric pattern is apparent as well as simpler floral patterns and the camera design that includes these patterns within are asymmetrical.
Her works are characterised by young attractive women in dream-like settings with large, fanciful creatures. The creatures are portrayed not as pets or enemies – but as friends, or “familiars”. The exotic landscapes Sol paints are amazing to look at, and include plants, over-sized trees, rolling hills, flowers, mist and much more. These delicate works often are whimsical landscapes or even bizarre, populated with exotic plants and animals and female figures pictures. The overall image of the paintings is that of expressions of the characters created by Amy Sol, which is calm, serenity, friendship and a sense of peace of mind and gentleness that flows and those which concern them.
Response Essay: Marilyn Monroe by Audrey Flack (The Gateways to Art Book: Understanding Visual Arts page 155) This painting reminds me of a collage; it contains a combination of different items. When looking closely into this image u can see objects that look memorable, something that had been put together to show time in the art. Many of the objects in this painting make me think of myself and the mirror shows the technique of reflection. In the top two corners u can also see a glassy reflection, it’s difficult to make out what exactly the reflection is of; its quiet a blur to the image that also involves a series of shades that create light. The light is especially shown in the right corner of the painting; it goes from a dark black then into a bright white, which adds to the paintings theme of light and life.
The colors used in the painting make it somewhat dynamic; there is a combination of primaries, secondaries, and even earth tones. Every color is a complex tone or shade; that is to say, no color can be found in a standard 8 crayon Crayola box. The vibrant colors like bright red, blue, and orange are used more sparingly than the earth yellows and greens and greys. This, combined with the parts of the beige canvas that show through make the first impression of the colors of the painting muted. Only after close examination does it become apparent that there is a contribution from several bright colors.
I find tattoos in particular largely fascinating and the way Barber paints his portraits of tattooed models instead of the average model makes his portraits that much more intriguing to study. One of Barbers portraits that I find particularly notable is his head study of Artist Jeff Rassier. Barber captures expression magnificently and although his brush strokes are unruly and thick it appears unbelievably lifelike. This is something I wish to enhance in my own portrait work more and work on being able to encompass more expression in to my pieces. Barber also has a passion for painting dolls in eerie surrounding, such as his 18”x18” Oil on canvas ’Headstrong’ which features a dolls head being held menacingly by some human hands.
Brandon Holm Intro to Art 4/10/2013 Formal Analysis #1 Johannes Vermeer painted The Girl with the Pearl Earring c. 1665-1667 in oil on canvas. It is a representational work of art depicting a woman facing the left of the painting with her head turned to her left looking toward the audience. She is in front of a plain black background. She is wearing cloth wrapped around her head and tied on the top back of her head with the rest of the cloth draping down past her shoulders.. The cloth is wrapped to cover her hair.
“Self Portrait in a Velvet Dress” was Frida’s first self portrait in 1926. She painted it in the style of the 19th century Mexican portrait painters who were greatly influenced by the European Renaissance Masters. The European Renaissance led Frida to paint a portrait called, “Portrait of Christina, My Sister”, and the style was in direct contrast of the Renaissance, which was gloomy and dark. In Frida’s second self portrait, “Time Flies”, she employs the “Mexicanism” style. In the portrait the theme was taken on by a very “folkloric” style with vivid and varied colors.
Perhaps her soft delicate skin admires the synthesis of human flesh, and the purity contained in the birth of a human life. Similarly, the background describes a natural landscape full of valleys, mountains and rivers; This too, refers to the beauty of earth and its violent yet astonishing creation. Her clothing holds the same attributes, as the fine craft of fashion dates back to the mind of a creator; Their ideas contested by society, and whether or not their ideas are considered beautiful or not. This painting is special because some believe that this was daVinci's vision of the “ideal woman.” The creation of this idea is beautiful in itself; To formulate a tangible item on what one perceives beauty to be is a wonderful process full of thought and emotion. “Philosophy is the microscope of thought,” a quote from “The Conclusion” by Walter Pater shows that to
Over all the painting is remarkably well done. The Spinner is warm in color as well in expression. Warm earth tones dominate this painting, ranging from the dark umber and burnt sienna of the walls, to pale yellow flesh tint, the surface of the wood is splashed with yellow ochre and burnt sienna which allows the figure in the green hue to be more prominent. Peel was a French academic painter that is why the brushstrokes are nearly invisible and painting has a smooth surface, which creates a highly finished look. There are some brushstrokes that are a little more visible to the eye such as the yarn and the baby’s bed.
They were painted the same way with the same head and structured, but then I later found out that it was the same person in those paintings. The paintings looked distorted and not normal too, but that was what caught my eye and my interest. The face of the woman was what caught my eye in the distance. Even though it is kind of weird how he pictured women to look all distorted, it kind of gave me a vibe that he was saying, all women are beautiful no matter what they look like and that it is okay to show