Module 2 Artwork Analysis
Leonid Afremov CALM SEA oil painting. https://images.app.goo.gl/CoWvi2Qs3m3GHqrp7
This artwork, is a painting of the sea during a sunset, a sail boat near the rocks that maybe getting ready to anchor boat and leave the sea for the day. In this art piece there is many detailed textured in this piece. The reflection of the sunset of the water is very shiny and detailed being a big part of the painting it seems more focused on the sunset. The dark colors around the sunset bring out the brightness of the water and sunset reflection. I believe the meaning of this artwork is how beautiful and calming the sea can be especially at certain times. The beautiful reflections on the sea can make things seem even more eye popping to people. The sail boat in the sea is detailed enough to where you can see it but has a lot of dark colors making it more in the background of the art, but making it look more as if you want to notice it to know you are looking more at the brighter colors in the oil painting. In the waves you can see more of a rougher texture, making the waves more visible not super rough, but calm and rough together. The dark blue colors in this painting show the dark skies and clouds around the sunset.The yellow colors shining through shows a beautiful sunset peeking through the sky reflecting on the blue waters of the sea.
First of all, I love this painting. It's super rad. Second, I totally agree with you in terms of meaning. Sometimes meaning equates the feeling you get when looking at a piece of art, and I feel like that computes here. This painting makes me feels all warm inside, likely because of the eye-popping colors that still manage to form a cohesive image and color palate despite the lack of smoothing blending.
ReplyDeleteI realize I forgot to include an improvement/question. The only improvement I can suggest is to talk more about the meaning behind the painting. Perhaps discuss why Afremov painted this subject matter, or why exactly the painting evokes a feeling of calm.
DeleteYes I agree, you did a great job describing the colors and texture of this painting. This picture really does give off the calm and relaxing feeling. The warm and cold colors are very well balanced, this picture really makes me want to be there in that moment. I really like this painting, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAn improvement I would add to this picture is rocks and boulders emerging out close to the rocky shore, I think that would fit in with this picture.
DeleteBeautiful art. When I first looked at the picture, I did not notice the boat until I paid more attention to the whole piece, and I like the fact that you mentioned it. I would like to add that the fact that the boat is barely visible on the sunset is a reminder that nature is a beauty that can blind us from other things. I thing this was a great post and the only thing that may need improvement is more details about the meanings.
ReplyDeleteThe painting you chose is very beautiful. I think you described the way the colors work together very well. The mixture of the sunset and waves really do give a very calm feeling. The only thing I would say to improve it is maybe add a little detail about where the painting came from like the artist or when it was made something like that.
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