An Analysis Of Painting, Wheel Of Fortune, By Audrey Flack

Audrey Flack’s Wheel of Fortune is a perfect example of the balance that artists have to find between unity and variety. At first glimpse, it seems as though Flack has merely painted many random objects. However, if the viewer goes beyond a quick glance and spends time closely examining the painting, connections can be made to help understand the vanity of life. The meaning behind Wheel of Fortune brings unity to this otherwise unstructured painting.

The element of art being most emphasized is color. There is a contrast in the artwork in the negative, The wall has cool and high key tones which contrast with the Egyptians and food that has warm and neutral colors. Although the artwork is not symmetrical, the light green color shown in the small details such as the carvings on the wall, necklaces, and food contribute a balance of colors within the artwork. In the artwork, there is a variation of curved lines and shapes that also bring the piece together. For examples, the lines are curvacious on the elbows, shoulders, and necklaces of the Egyptians and the objects around them. There are rhythm and pattern shown through the lines and shapes because most of the art piece has a bulbous form like the rounding of the shoulders or the circular shape of the heads. The art piece also seems to be scratchy because of the chips in the stone and the edges of the stone have faded limestone. The two men sitting and facing each other have a contrast of color to the rest of the art piece making them emerge into a more noticeable figure than the rest.

Every painter has a certain style of painting, whether it's intentional to paint abstract or unintentional to paint as a modernist. I analyzed Abigail Kuchar’s artwork. She is an artist at Western Washington University. Currently, she is enrolled as a student and working on her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Recently, she exhibited her work in a Symbiotic Qualia, Western Gallery (group BFA Thesis Exhibition). Her ideas on visuals are very unique as compare to another artist. Her work is heavily influenced by reoccurring natural forms and patterns, representing, the specific shapes that have been successful in a variety of different applications. For example, the formation of bubbles, lichen, barnacles, anemones, spores, pollen, and seed pods, all have similar compositions. By creating work that includes these forms, the viewer is presented with something unusual, but vaguely familiar. Her material used in the artwork is environment-friendly.

Ever since the late 1990s Cari Casper-Bassler, Rob Thornberry, and Dan Krause have been a positive and productive teachers in the Belleville West Art Department. Each sharing load of teaching Photography, Ceramics, Intro To Graphic Arts, Graphic Design, and Painting. Those who are apart of the art community know very well what each teacher teaches, However a sudden change this year is shaking things up and leaving many students confused.

In this painting, two visual elements stand out over all the rest. These elements are that of color and texture. Color in art is an element that has to be phenomenal in order to get recognition and true appreciation from the viewers. In this painting, the colors are rich, vivacious and standout as dark, but bold representations of the uniqueness of it all. The use of brown and yellow and green and grey and white all come together in a harmony of color and unity. As for the texture in the painting, it is that of brisk and roughness that is nature. The sharp edges of the bucks rack and the cold, rough edges of the dead tree show

The primary focus of this section is to explain the “act of painting.” Flack begins her book with notes on the creative process and what it means to be an artist. Everything from the perception of color to confronting a blank canvas is addressed in this section. Audrey Flack briefly touches on the spiritual

The value of color in every object is presented with different shades of light and darkness to present both texture and how light is played in the piece. For example Hede uses different shades of a color on the table cloth to show both texture and chiaroscuro. The texture painted on the bronze tableware show that its patterned using metal art such as filigree, and cloisonné.

Lots of thick and many thin lines that are connected with no division. The outline of objects and people are a lighter tone to represent the shadows. Many curvy lines to show the figures of the women in the room by their strong stands with the pool table waiting for their turns to go. There are many shapes in present but the one that was used the most was the rectangle and circle. I feel as if hatching played a huge role in the drawing just by looking real close at the characters’ clothes and the details on their arms. Nothing in the painting really stood out so they didn’t put the focus on one specific thing, which makes you get an eye full at one time. The use of color ranges from the primary to the secondary colors and that is also low in the saturation as well. The painting is polychromatic because there was a lot of different colors used throughout the painting. It’s hard for me to get a texture feel of this painting because it seems more symbolic than a statement or the people seem more like a documentation of people at a certain time and

The two principles of design that I see in this artwork are unity and variety. The repetition of the plank boards give unity to the room, repeating the shape and colors gives it balance. All

Liz Larner creates art that has a presence and that shows instability. Her art is influenced by poetics. This is shown through the overlap in some sculptures as well as breakage in others. The art that she produces gives a sense of flow and completeness. Using instability as part of her work is something that brings a sense of change to her work as well as almost never using the same techniques. Her relation of her art work to real life shows her beliefs in the balance of reality and illusion.

Physical properties, in other words, are describing what you see. When I look at this painting I see many shapes displayed. According to Fichner-Rathus, Lois.in the book

One very significant element is the contrast in color, at the center, toward the right there are bright, warm colors such as, oranges, pinks, and yellows. Around that, there are cooler colors for example, blacks, blues, and purples. There is also a line that divides the artwork in half, separating the sky from water and land below. Some wavy lines appear on the water, land and clouds also some straight and wavy

Throughout our tour it had been mentioned repeatedly that Olana is a masterful “three dimensional painting” by Frederic Church. Initially, this sounded like a cliché and unimaginative way to describe the grandeur of the house, until I understood how true the statement really was. In actuality, the description was not only directed towards the ornate home, but instead referred to the entirety of the historic site, which includes the 250 acres of surrounding land. What allowed me to understand the validity of the comment was knowing that in the process of building his home Church planted thousands of trees onto his estate and even carefully designed and created the lake for the purpose of beautifying the land. In other words, not only the house, but

The artwork that I did was by an artist named Sue Andrew. Sue makes paintings of beautiful Paraguayan landscapes and tropical scenes. Her artwork has won many awards and she has sold some of her artwork. Her paintings include portraits and landscapes. The painting that I remade was inspired by the trip the Sue took to Paraguay, it shows her sense of the country and how she believes that Paraguay is magical. The painting is very colorful and captures the true image of Paraguay and how beautiful the place is. I chose this painting because I thought that all of Sue’s paintings were very imaginative and creative. Sue’s paintings were very different than the other paraguayan paintings.

Audrey Flack emerged in the late 1960s and is best known for pioneering the art genre of photorealism. During this time period photorealism was looked down upon and heavily criticised by artists which lead to the isolation of Flack for her contribution to the movement. Flack painted her first portrait based on a photograph, imitating its colours and appearance while her paintings concentrated on highly emotional social and political themes. These were both cultural and social influences, seen most famously in her painting ‘Marilyn Monroe’. Consistent through Flack’s career is her emphasis on symbolism in which she tries to make her work “universal,” something that all audiences can relate to with many of her photographs coming from documentary