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Artistic Creation & Reflection 1 Artistic Creation & Reflection April Pratt Chamberlain University

Artistic Creation & Reflection 2 Nature, people, animals, emotions, any of these things can inspire a person to paint, draw, to create! I always am amazed by how beautiful our planet can be. Yes, there are many places that are run down, and it is hard to find the beauty in, but there are wondrous places on Earth that just take your breathe away and spur creativity. I was inspired by a woman that created beautiful pieces of art from the beauty she found in nature, and I was lucky enough to come across one of her own favorite pieces in my Humanities book! Inspiration Piece My inspiration artwork was Rust Red Hills by Georgia O’Keeffe in 1930. She painted this image from being inspired by the red mounds of earth that she saw from her back porch in Abiquiu, New Mexico [ CITATION Knu16 \l 1033 ]. O’Keeffe lived in New York previously and when she moved to New Mexico it was a much different scene that inspired a large number of her paintings. She refined painting with oil on canvas that left a smooth transition between the colors. She explained the beauty of nature not in words but in paint, “The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible in myself that I can only clarify in paint . . .. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words for” [ CITATION DrF22 \l 1033 ]. This painting was almost abstract, but the title gives away what the subject is intended to be [ CITATION Knu16 \l 1033 ]. “Rust Red Hills.” My Art Piece My painting Southwest Hillside was made with acrylic paint on 12-inch canvas. I mixed my colors together to try to imitate O’Keeffe’s oil colors. I love the abstract feel of the piece and the colors are so much fun! It was quite therapeutic to create this painting and calming that it was

Artistic Creation & Reflection 3 as simple as a hill in New Mexico, but so magnificent to look at and to paint! I tried to keep similar shapes, I have never been to New Mexico or have seen the hills in that area, so I used O’Keeffe’s interpretation as my guide. Comparing the Two The thematic connection between the paintings is that they are both painting of the hills of New Mexico. Both art pieces have similar coloring, which is a formal element, although O’Keeffe’s coloring is smoother and more earthy toned than my own [ CITATION Mar18 \l 1033 ]. The lines and shapes, also formal elements, are similar in the hills of different colors stacking up in the center of the artwork[ CITATION Mar18 \l 1033 ]. I created a few more clouds in the background, maybe taking away from the hills a bit, unlike O’Keeffe’s painting that has the hills as the absolute main idea of the painting. I do not know how much the different materials used would affect other peoples’ views, but for me I feel like the acrylic is nice but feels amateur and the oil painting feels more refined and smoother, more appealing to the eye. I like my colors more, they are brighter and O’Keeffe’s colors are more muted and earthy, more realistic. I enjoyed painting this piece as well as I am sure Georgia enjoyed painting hers! It would have been more enjoyable viewing this beautiful landscape in person though!

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