Saturday, 22 November 2014

Artist analyse: Frida Kahlo Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird





Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
Within this painting Frida Kahlo, uses a variety of paint types , including primary ,secondary and few traces of tertiary colors.these colors are greens light browns ,black , dark greens and golden yellow etc, Such colors may have been chosen by the artist ,to her suggest her daily personal life, as well as representing her Mexican culture and traditions, as the humming bird in Mexico is used as a sign of luck in love, hence the reason behind the dead humming bird included, by the artist Frida Kahlo. These particular colors may have been also applied , to suggest the artists everyday daily life ,of being sunny bright ,due tot he fact of tropical plants and flowers within the background, and the country she lives in Mexico is hot and mainly sunny. However the  facial expression as contradicts ,the positive senses of motion and movement , for example the two animals in the background ,with brightly colored flowers, and plants,suggesting the true and real meaning of of her life ,normal and ordinary ,no difference from the life ,we all share today ,however instead relating to her Mexican life.

This painting as suggested, from internet resources ,that such materials used ,in the creation ,of the painting ,is from oil paints,applied on canvas,Done so by the artist to bring out, the colors , and for the use of the bright and vibrant properties that oil paints provide.

Frida Kahlo originally came from,the country of Mexico, as expressed by the drawing, the sense of central american culture. e.g Humming bird, tropical plants and flowers and weather shown is seems humid ,hot and bright. However her life wasn't always, perfect but was a struggle and uneasy,due to gaining polio,as a young child,a long recovery from a major,car accident , two failed marriages,and  several miscarriages. 









Sunday, 16 November 2014

Artist analysis:David with the head of Goliath



Artist analysis:David with the head of Goliath


This image of violent imagery , and disturbing behavior suggest a sense of connection,mainly due to the overall dull color and mood, of the paintings,for example black, shades of brown, white and grays all suggest a similar connection of contrast and based , based towards the link of a certain dullness ,a lack of bright  vibrant, may because , is trying to express a mood of horror and shock, an unsettling atmosphere. Colors you wouldn't really associate with the motion of happiness,but disaster and disappointment. A horrible feeling of tardy,maybe done so by the artist in order to express the mood and situation , in at the time , sadness ,horror the of the knowing of the unknown, hoping for the worst. 

By the looks of this painting, its seems to suggest a sense of a solid color effect, due to the fact that the colors, are layered on to single brush strokes ,one filling of solid color,layers of paint painted on top of each other of the same color , used for that particular area. This technique method may have been applied due , to the style of art , uses more of an old fashioned and techniques of the time of the artist, are used to create a simple ,and a normal look, drawn almost to perfection , realistic and mirror like reflection.

This painting seems to have a hard and solid texture, with a bumpy sand uneven edges, feel on the painting , due to the fact of the material applied within this painting, which is oil on canvas , as oil leaves a permanent hard texture , when dried after use, creating a hardback feel to the surface, maybe created by the artist for the painting to , base upon , still life works  and simple meaning, for the painting to effectively look less flowing, and only drawn to the slow movements within the painting, for example  the lifting of the head , demonstrated by the artist.

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Artist analyse:Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory



The Persistence of Memory

Observing this artwork I can see that this piece , has takes the view of a gloomy and eerie  connection , For example the texture and shading added to this piece, creating a weird setting an unusual feeling given to the viewer, of cold dark space of time, continuing the strange effects of clocks adding the connection of strange and odd viewing from the clocks, and other objects within this painting, as well as the connection from drawings towards the title even,The painting creates one huge connection.  There's no escape to reality, nothing seems striate forward, as you can see melting clocks, Big pieces of objects , grey human face. There's only a real sense of imagination, sights can only be seen and made up from the head.  Salvador Dali only uses the use tool of imagination.  Every thing is almost unreal you quite figure out what's going on.  The use of color seems to be based on  one solid color, Such as brown /gold earthly colors creating a unique look, maybe created so by the artist to for the viewer to focus his/hers attention towards the drawings  and not the back ground, maybe to create an emphasis on the drawing , maintaining the connection of time e.g. melting  clocks, the setting of  day in the distance, gradually changing into night.  

The texture of such piece seems to be solid and hard ,however which has  feeling  of an rough and strong   edges,  that may be uneven and bumpy in my opinion due to the materials , to create this piece for example oil paint, gives an uneven and hard edge when dried, it turns hard given the sense of the idea suggested. therefore  painting may remain with an hard texture, looking bright and vibrant unlike a watercolor painting, were it would seem to be darker and less clearer, possibly added by Salvador  for the painting to take on a vibrant effect, and to create an emphasis, on the actual drawings , for the drawing to show more , and for the viewers attention to head towards the drawings. e.g Melting clocks , human face, other overgrown orange bottle.  

In terms of  the use of colors within this painting, mainly portrays the used colors of the secondary wheel than to primary wheel colors, Salvador may have done this for specific reasoning of, maintain an eerie and weird look, for the painting to keep within the boundary's of imagination and wonder, colors that  you don't  expect to see in reality/ real life, nothing but the odd and unfamiliar bases. The colors added helps gives a backing towards the style of artwork 'surrealism' , expressing a dark look and feature towards the painting, escaping the sense of simple doings and understanding, related work towards surrealism, therefore colors are mainly dull , dark, and colors that seem to escape the painting,adding a strange twist. The colors seem to be mainly linked to the mood of change and differ, any specific period of time  in life or general doings that involves   changing or  growing of age , as the colors seem to be tertiary, a color that was create from a wide variety of colors, that the the colors included seems to gradually change towards  a darken tone, from alight green to a dark,heavy muddy light green, similar to  the different shades of the earthly colors.   The colors Salvador Dali included  within this painting, express a sudden motion of sadness and shallow  mood and atmosphere.  this may have been added to fit in with the certain style of the painting surrealism, to maintain the surrealist effects, from the simple to complicated understanding. 

This painting seems to produce a simple pattern, a pattern that suggest less of a repeating style  but a man-made view, and feeling that is seen in every setting and viewing, as the colors were created from mixture of colors made  , therefore the pattern then seems man-made , the colors made to match and relate to one another. pattern is unnatural as most of the colors are are tertiary., A tertiary color is created form a mixture of  secondary colors for its creation, however there some aspects of this panting, that seem natural and strange seeings as the skyline, the sunset and the main background, appears to show a vibrant glow on the white bay, such color seems to bright and glossy, this may have been produce due to the  quality of the  paints, during Salvador's century, the paints may have been created from the natural methods of the time.