Personal Statement: Painting Analysis

Attending The Mississippi School of Arts is not only an opportunity, but a privilege. Working with a large network of alumni and former students that have similar passions in life, can keep me motivated to do art. Having a community of artist around will help me to stay productive and creative. Surrounding myself with other artist can lead to new ideas, constructive criticism, and a great camaraderie with classmates. I want to be able to attend workshops and lectures, meet with visiting artist, and participate in extracurricular activities that bring me in contact with other artist. By the time I graduate, I hope to have an the opportunity to meet with numerous individuals in the art and design world. These connections can help me lead to art

This artwork appears to be an abstract piece made from magazine clippings to create a collage. The artwork is a vertical piece that measures approximately 17 x14. It focuses in on the subject of a girl who is created out of neutral colors. She stands out against the rainbow background. In the background each clipping has a different element and pattern, but they all work in unison creating a rainbow background.

The art of painting dates back to pre-historic times, the finger used as a paintbrush on the canvas of cave walls. When it comes to painting, artists have many mediums to choose from: acrylics, oils, gouache, fresco, and watercolors. Watercolors is one of the toughest mediums to achieve, its transparent streaks almost impossible to cover up and its various techniques prestigous and precise, but satisfying when accomplished. The incentive a watercolor artist has to get a taste of perfecting their talents is impecable; therefore, striving for perfection can only be accomplished with the understanding of the watercolor history, the use of the tools of the trade, the practice of techniques, and observation of former artists’ approaches.

The first work of art, illustrated by Kehinde Wiley, appears to give a realistic feel to the audience. As the painting of the man, the horse, and the sword appears as neither abstract, nor nonobjective. I can see that the painting is oil on canvas. In the background of his painting, it is dark red at the top, and pink towards the middle of the background, with a shade of white just above the neutral scheme of different brown shades representing the muddy ground. The white in the background probably represents the horizon. If you zoom in very, very closely, you can see what looks like a military cannon towards the right side of the painting, emphasizing the environment of a battle soldier. The horse is painted neutrally as well, white,

The art work that I have chosen for this formal analysis of an art work is the Painter of Paestum’s piece titled “Red-figure lebes gamikos (marriage vessel) it was made with terracotta red clay. This piece was made between 340-330 B.C. It is approximately 10 inches in height. The present location of this art piece is at The San Antonio Museum of Art in the Greek Late Classical section. The collection is a permanent collection from Gilbert M. and Denman, Jr. whose funds were used to purchase the vessel.” (“San Antonio Museum of Art Wall Text”). These marriage vessels are frequently shown in marriage scenes on Greek vases. This marriage vessel could have been given as a wedding gift or used to contain water for the bride’s bath before the wedding ceremony. Also, it could have been placed by the bride’s door and was possibly used in a ritual of sprinkling the bride with water before the wedding ceremony.

Upon glancing at various beautiful paintings there is to offer at the Museum of Fine Arts, only one astonishing artwork caught my immediate attention. The artwork is named “The Windmill on the Onbekende Gracht, Amsterdam” and it was painted by Claude Monet of the impressionist period in 1879. The medium is oil which is used for the oil painting on a canvas. Besides the subject matter, the content of the overall painting represents a serene and beautiful setting in which one can take ease and enjoy. It is a breathtaking view that captures a fleeting moment of a town setting by the riverside. Furthermore, the title also signifies the importance of the central object, which is the windmill.

The outdoor mural on the east facing side of the WMCAT building is a breathtaking mosaic called The Metaphorest Project, created by Tracy VanDuinen. This larger than life size vista was an Artprize entry in 2011, and took 2nd place in the competition. This set the standard for not only large-scale public art within Grand Rapids MI, but also the most exhilarating. The scene is an impressive mixture of 2-D and 3-D design, the foreground being mostly of relief sculpture and multi-media mosaic; the background painted. The Metaphorest Project depicts the importance of creation, perception, and the imagination when trying to create a better world for yourself and future generations.

For my analysis paper, I decided to write on painting. The painting that I chose to write about is called Liliana and it was done by Jillian Lee. The painting itself is 60 by 40 inches and was worth $13,500. I went to Old Towne Gallery in Park City to see this painting and many others when I was deciding what to write this paper on. As I was looking through all of the paintings and sculptures this one in particular caught my eye because it was not what I would traditionally call art and it was $13,500. Usually when we see art it is a landscape or a portrait. I have rarely seen any kind of art that it’s main focus is a piece of clothing. This painting’s focus was on a highly detailed dress that has flowers towards the bottoms with many different colors and shades. I also thought that the texture and colors of this painting were very interesting. The artist made the texture very thick and it made the art pop out to make it seem like it was more of a three dimensional piece of art rather than the traditional two dimensional. The colors also interested me. There is a lot of blacks, grey, and whites in the background which is

Fine arts has affected my life in more ways than one. The first thing that comes to mind when i think of fine arts is my mixed chorus class that i am attending at St. Dominic. This class has changed me for the better. Every day i walk into that class i feel a wave of relief because i know that i get to encounter one of the greatest of God’s creations, music. I get to forget about all the stress that school and life throws at me for one hour and just relax. This class gave me a chance to be my self and do what i enjoy to do, sing. Singing is one thing that i enjoy to do that frees me from anything that is on my mind. I use this great gift that i have to cheer myself and others up in hard times. My Mom and I sing together every chance we get

I always knew I wanted to be artist ever since I was that little girl with an overactive imagination. If my Grandma only knew, that one Disney princess drawing book would influence me so much. I still remember feeling those crisps papers and staring at those colorful drawings for hours.The detailed directions of creating these beautiful princess open something inside of me. My Grandma buying that drawing book that day, inspired me to draw. The coloring book wasn’t enough to satisfy this urge of creativity. Soon the world become my model as began to realize the tiny details that were hidden that other kids seem unable to draw. All I wanted to do after that simple magical moment was draw for a career and do something with this talent. That's

In both art and science, the uses of color tend to play a role in how temperature is

Have you ever wanted to know what painting was like well in this paragraph you will find out how. In this quote “Although art is an individual expression, the tools and techniques of the artists tend to be somewhat consistent” (“Painting Tools”). This statistic reveals that although art is your own way of doing it but, when comes to using tools and skills people who like to paint is somewhat the same when it comes to using the techniques for painting. Painters need to know what types of paint and brushes to use when painting, as well as have the right technique and skills so what they can learn how to use paint in different ways.

Trying to describe why I paint is like trying to describe why one is drawn to the sunrise. Perhaps one delights in the magnificence of color, perhaps the contrast of dark and light, but more likely one is drawn to the sunrise because it stirs something in your soul. This is why I paint. Painting moves something in me and helps me express feelings that have no words. It is this exercise that helps me better understand myself and my place in the world.

Computer programs such as Photoshop and Painter allow artists to easily manipulate photographs and paint pictures using custom artists tools which can create the effects in a few minutes of what previously would have taken months to paint. Many artists today are involved in using digital art technology to produce websites, computer games or online art exhibitions. The conceptart.org website is one example of a site which mostly displays digital art, that has over 100,000 posts by many different people. Digital art is increasingly being

Self-portraits have been used by artists for centuries to explore aspects of the self. They are the subjects they know best and artists have reflected this through their treatment of media, subject matter and techniques. Two artists who explore aspects of their personality and life experiences in their self-portraits are Frida Kahlo and Ben Quilty. Many of their artistic techniques can be derived from the same origins. Whilst there are similarities in self-portraits by any artist usually, you will find differences the norm. After all, this is what makes art and art form.