These winter landscapes, similarly to the river paintings, are marked with calm that seems to emanate from inner, deeper resources. If the latter encouraged to envision underwater currents, the former appear to conceal sources of quiet energy under the ground — or under the snow, as if in hibernation. I think that this impalpable illusion [...]
The decorative association in these bright, warm paintings is so strong that I think about white dresses bedecked with orange spots (or flowers). Incidentally, these series depict autumn, when nature changes attires — to something more austere — and the artist captures the lyricism of this languorous process. The contrast of the white and the [...]
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In part one of this chapter we talked about the power and the possibilities of imagination in general terms. In this next part we will get more specific and discuss a very effective method to interpret art. Arrive Somewhere Let’s continue with this basic premise: by using your imagination when doing art interpretation, your aim [...]
Takeyce Walter is an American artist who publishes her work online on her website and blog. She paints mostly landscapes, working on a variety of themes: rural and farming environment, seasonal changes and water surfaces (sea, rivers, lakes) under varying conditions. The paintings of rivers are the subject of today’s review. It is difficult to [...]
I was putting off a more detailed discussion about Frank Gardner’s light technique mainly because I couldn’t quite get my head around it. I haven’t yet seen such light in contemporary work published on the Internet, but it did remind me of some works by a known Armenian painter, Martiros Saryan . Starting from there, [...]
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