Why I Love Lora Zombie

This work refers to a personal journey, physically and emotionally. The main focus of the painting is the head of an antelope, almost all of Sarah Fordham’s artworks incorporate an animal. The overall artwork is quite mixed and seems to be telling a story: “He gave her a doll, a plastic Johnny Cash”, “Indiana”, “Wolverines”, “Go team go”, “She is a little unsure of what to do next. She has consulted the stars for guidance.” All the little phrases written in the artwork are quite jumbled, but all join together to create a story that only the artist herself could fully understand it’s meaning. She has a lot of patterns in the artwork, and layers a lot of images, all the individual details form together to make a bright, colourful and playful painting. As well as the antelope, there is a smaller reindeer in the background. Sarah has used enamel, oil and acrylic paint on canvas to create this painting. “Pokeepskie” creates a happy feeling but also seems a bit mysterious as well, if you look on the surface it looks bright and colourful, but then when you look closer at all the details, it’s like an incomplete story. The colours used consist of pink, orange, blue, green, yellow, red and white. Although it looks like a happy artwork because of the colours used, they have also been used because the artist loves to use these colours in her work. The meaning of this work seems to be a way for the artist to process a personal experience and play with thoughts and

The artwork uses many values and shades of colors. There are four different figures in the painting. One that is a baby covered with this transparent material that is streaming throughout the entire thing. There is a pale women that is admiring her beauty and is not paying attention to her surroundings. She has long, wavy hair which she is fixing while looking at her reflection. The next figure is an older version of her. She is darker than the other women with wrinkles that shows the aging of the lady. The last figure is at the right holding an hourglass on the top of the painting. It is a warning of how much time she has left before death. Her body is all scrawny and her bones are showing. It looks like she represents death with her hair being all fallen out. The pale women is dominant in the painting. The rest of the painting is dark and it looks like the artist only used a few colors for the painting.

The artwork is a realistic portrait of a women. It is abstracted with asymmetrical balance with exotic and vibrant colors. As if the women is sitting in the corner with two

Looking at this artwork brings a great cast of sorrow to me. The scene of the painting seems dangerous and hostile there is positivity because a group of people is helping one single person. Some visual elements that are prominent to me in this painting include line, the unity of color, and a well noticeable focal point.

The artist depicts an initial confusing and weirded-out thought for the viewer at first glance, but as one deeply examines the art, the subject matter begins to become more clear. The vision being shared in this non-objective painting has a context of placing one in the standing of Mr. Man by gaining height and freedom from the (white) bars that are rising on each level that represent conflict which traps one in a “cage” of misery. The unbalanced symmetry of having the left side take up more space with little action, and the right side being smaller with the action unraveling, makes the viewer break down each composite perspective. For the left side, the mysterious female muse, Moon-Face, has an unproportional face that is almost blushing with shades of light pasty orange, with the mouth wide open. The energetic mood is amplified by the tone of yellow that is splashed in the mouth, representing a loss of words or at a state of disbelief. The female’s lower half is created with tints of red that enhances the curves on her body, as if chiaroscuro connects the light and dark contrast to show outline of the breasts, stomach, and hips in

The girl’s expression is sad and her eyes somber; she appears to be assessing herself in the mirror. She is holding a magazine which is open to a picture of an attractive older woman and there are beauty items on the floor next to her. There is an old doll that is carelessly thrown on the floor; it would appear that the doll is not very valuable to the girl. This painting is also very somber and it appears the girl might be comparing herself to the woman in the photo. This could signify her unhappiness with her appearance and her perceived need to look like the models and actresses in magazines and on television. The transition to adolescence is very difficult for young girls and they are very self-conscious about their appearance. The colors in this painting are also very neutral and

Ann Hamilton is a unique artist with aberrant set of skills. Most artist present surprise in their art work, but Hamilton has taken it a step further and presents surprise in her choice of medium. I liked how she finds the normal in abnormal. The way she takes picture with her mouth to make the picture appear more natural is simply fascinating.

This mural portrays a woman centerfold with exposed breasts which are intensely shaded , which make it look like they are protruding towards the viewer. She is wearing a revolutionary cap, and is raising her arms in an act of breaking free from the chains that once enslaved her. She looks towards the heavens with a rather pained expression as if she is releasing inner anguish regarding the war. In one hand she carries a torch with freedom's flame in the other hand she has a white flower as well. A very muscular hand protrudes from her body in an act of victory over the war on fascism.

I feel that this is a narrative or a ritualistic artwork that is about a Native American spirit premonition appearing before the woman in the picture and it is supposed to represent past of the past of this women or Native American culture. I feel that the background landscape contributes to this idea because it is in the

This painting shows a blonde girl in a white dress on a swing, with a rope which looks like it is tied to the clouds. It creates an illusion of a three dimensional perceptive which enhances photo-realism in the image. At first, one might think that there is an ocean under her, but in my opinion, it looks like she is situated between two skies. It also gives the viewer a thought that she might be an angel because of the light striking her from the top. She looks quite stable on the swing, although it is hanging from only one side of the rope. There are many complicated similarities and differences between this painting by Jaroslaw Kukowski and Sally Mann’s Candy Cigarette. It is possible to notice how the Polish painter tries to analyze the

The background has areas of dark and light that may be representing a dark part of this woman's life and the light area showing awakening in this woman's soul. To me the woman in the painting is staring out into the world and realizing that there is so much out there for her. That she can walk out of there and not be lost any more. Mrs. Mallard felt the same way. In the room she realized that she can now live her life on her own the way she wants to. She walked out of the room with a sense of

Through this painting, Marie Louise Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun is sharing herself with the viewer. The message is easily understood.

Next is the use of color, or lack thereof. The colors in the background are very quiet and muted, mostly subdued blues and grays with hints of a deep red and brownish yellow peeking though. The colors used for the figure are browns and tans, almost as if the was painted with mud, like she is all-natural and from the earth. The range of colors would seem to have a cool tone if you were looking at them on a painter’s palette but the arrangement of color on the canvas gives the piece a warm feeling.

The portrait is displayed horizontally with a gold trimmed frame. The subject is a female that looks to be in her early 20’s sitting upright on a large brown chair. If the viewer travels up the painting the first indication of the woman’s class is her satin, blue dress. The saturated blue shines and falls in the light like water. Paired with the dress are her exceptionally detailed endings to her sleeves. The lace is even painted as though it is translucent, allowing a little of the blue dress to show through the sleeve. Flowers throughout history have symbolized innocence of a woman and her virginity. The repeating theme of flowers, in the sleeve cuffs and ribbon) in the woman’s attired suggests her purity or innocent nature. Another very details section of the painting includes the corset/torso details. The sewing suggests texture in the torso with small beading in between. Towards the top of the chest in the center, the female seems to bear an extravagant, ribbon piece with a tear drop bead in the center. The light pink

This painting is the epitome of something being more than what meets the eye. At first glance, it seems to be just a simplified painting of a few couples dancing, possibly at a specific event or wedding. It doesn’t seem to have a lot of detail or meaning. The more that you look at this painting, you realize the true beauty, psychological depth, and universal idea that the artist, Munch, is trying to display.