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In my research / readings of my chosen Artist, I found a lot of information about them that I will descibe individually. Based on the biography, It has been stated that Vincent “was a most well known post-impressionism Artist, for whom color was the chief symbol of expression, he was highly emotional, lacked self-confidence and struggled with his identity and with direction.” (Templeton Reid) In the late 1800’s is when Vincent basically made the decision to become an Artist, in which he wanted to provide some type of Happiness because he was able to create beauty (Templeton Reid). As you review the art chosen above by Vincent Van Gogh, you will notice the colors used were dark i.e. Greens, Oranges, Blues, with splashes of yellow to create the sun, which led me to believe that maybe this was when he was in the dark place of his life. In the Van Gogh painting, I see big trees with the nice bright sun shining over the blue water, while looking at the trees it makes me feel safe because of the openness of the surrounding space, also the brightness of the sun and the coolness of the water makes me calm and relaxed, it’s just something about being in nature that gives me a sense of peace and direction, nothing to distract or disturb me.

His work is part of the Realism artistic period. The treatments of common and everyday occurrences perfectly display the realistic style. Rather than follow tradition, he painted what he saw (Fulwider 275). Furthermore, Homer used a number of mediums to paint with but his primary ones were oil and watercolor. When he turned 27, he started to paint in oils without any instruction. He expanded his mastery of oil paint during the next decade and painted many exquisite paintings, such as Snap the Whip. In addition, he began to create watercolors (Weinberg). Watercolors had for a long time been used by artists preparatory classes. However, Homer was the first to present his watercolors as completed works and thus created the form as a chief medium. (Strickland and Boswell 85).

The tone used in Vincent’s painting were a mixed of warm and cool colours to convey his emotions. In order to achieve the dramatic mood of this painting, Vincent used white and yellow oil paints, which marries well with the blue and green to create the night sky.

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

If people were asked to make a mental picture of a painter working on his work of art, most of them would describe it as a person with a big canvas on a stand in front of them painting the subject which they are looking at. There were two major differences in Pollock's approach to his art compared to other artists. The first major difference was that Jackson painted on the floor. The second difference was that he used a stick instead of a brush. They would say that because they are all not exposed to different types and styles of painting. For those people who do not know much about art wouldn't know the meaning of the painting or how it was created. In some instances people say to themselves, "you call this art, my little brother could

It wasn’t until 1949 that Jackson Pollock really got famous overnight; with the help of the life magazine when they asked “Is he the greatest painter in the United States?” This was because many people were very interested in his new form of art, which is called the drip period, where he would let paint flow of his tools onto a canvas that was on the

When Seurat later developed an interest in the science of color, he displayed this in his works. One of his theories of color presented that, when two colored dots are placed next to each other, a third color would be seen by the human eye. This prevented the mixing of paints and kept the colors as vivacious on the painting as they were when they in the tube.

“Painting is a self-discovery, every artist paints what he is,” (Pollock). Jackson Pollock was born on January 28th, 1912 in Cody, Wyoming, and died on August 11th, 1956 a little past ten o’clock in a car crash at forty four years old. When Pollock was younger, his father had left him, and his older brother Charles became like a father to him. He was really close to his brother, so when he started taking art classes, Pollock joined him. After a while Pollock and his art teacher became close, and he started to babysit for his teacher’s family. They became the family that he never had. A little later in life, Pollock stopped painting for a long period of time, mostly because of depression and alcohol. Then when one day he decided to visit an

Through the 1940’s and 1960’s Fried and Greenberg established the idea of the “all over” and “the optical” pertaining to Jackson Pollock’s artwork. In Pollock’s painting, Number 32, evidence of the “all over” can be seen through Pollock’s technique of throwing, dripping and even stepping all over the canvas as he creates a composition that engulfs the entire canvas. Greenberg describes “the all over” as an overwhelming sense of “sheer texture, and sheer sensation that only the eye perceives.” Looking at the full painting of Number 32, there is no focal point, no sense of movement and direction for the viewer to keep track of. The viewer is taken throughout the whole entire painting all at once. In all its parts, Pollock creates not a single

In the period between 1848 and 1952, Klein lived in London and began to assist in London frame shop of Robert Savage, learning basic painting techniques and using raw pigments and gilding. He was determinate to evoke sensations and emotions independent of line, abstracted symbols or rendered objects, believing the monochromatic surface released the painting from materiality through the totality of pure

Abstract art has always been difficult for me to understand or even appreciate. I admire accurate interpretations of art as well as the skills and rules that have been taught for centuries. For as long as I can remember, modern art and its meaning was like another language for me. It was difficult to look at, everything was new, and it just made my head spin. At first I ignored it for another day until eventually I found myself trying to avoid it.

Light is simply a name for a range of electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye. Light travels at the speed of light, 299,792,458 meters per second or 186,282 miles per second. With the existence of light today, we can use it in many ways such as to light the darkness on the road or the simplest function of light at home. Not only that, light can also be used beautifully and creatively in art. One of the influential arts that used the combination of the light is Light Graffiti. In the beginning, the first Light Painting was photographed in 1949 by the great Pablo Picasso when he was experimenting with the light. Picasso stood in front of the camera, armed with a flashlight, and traced his style of imagery in the air before the shutter slammed shut. As a result, an illuminating set of photos was captured showing the result of his artwork which is a wild set of his self-portraits.

The painting, NUMBER 1, 1950, is currently both my favorite Jackson Pollock work of art and one of my most favorite works of art. The reason for this is because I <>and because I studied Jackson Pollock and Number 1, 1950 when I was a member of Academic Decathlon in James E. Taylor high school. The sense of movement in this works of art give this painting a sense of being ‘alive’. This same restless movement causes me to feel...restless, as I am constantly trying to find something to rest my eyes on, even though I know that there is nothing to ‘rest my eyes

“His art examined the way in which basic primary and secondary colors can be put together with black and white in order to make a canvas that could be appreciated without having to read it as a certain scene or narrative.”

In today’s society we feel a constant need for expressing, or venting, our disgust towards the disappointing events happening across the world. Throughout history, and even today, we see harsh treatment of people because they didn’t meet the “norm” of skin color, sexuality, nationality, ideas, creativeness, gender, success etc.; yet, all calls for opposition and national spotlight has been voiced through some form of art. Art has proven to be an outlet used to give voice to those who need it; with the intent of bringing us together, helping to see the