Emotionalism painting: calm

Andrea Levasseur (Canada) Sunset Beach Watercolor 11"x15" Private Collection Lady Lake, Florida

Andrea does a lot of different types of art. She does Landscapes, portraits, florals, animals, and still lives. This landscape stood out to me. It gave a feeling of calmness and serenity. It was very detailed as well. Personally, I felt like I could just lie down on that beach. And I almost wanted to. It had a great sense of space. And the lighting just brought everything to life. It also had a great example of horizon line and things fading behind it. It also has a huge use of line, especially in the waves of the water. And the most common shape is a free form sort of triangle, like it the rock hills. But there are many other shapes as well. I really like this work.

http://www.seatoskyzine.com/andreasgallery.htm
http://www.seatoskyzine.com/images/sunsetbeach.jpg

Formalism painting

Jon Adam (England 1961) Out of Orange (Around 2000) 90x90cm Oil on canvas

I read, on another website, that he started his carer with outdoor scenery. But later he started creating abstract works in a studio. Jon had a few paintings with similar names, out of something. And I think it was a joke, saying, he used so much that he's out of the color. It's a great example of space. Everything blending together to create one image. The color is great, and it gets lighter and lighter the higher up on the painting. This has the most use of line and shape. Yet all of it is in a free form, flowing way. The lines just bend around a point that everything seems to be going into. I really like the artwork. The blend of colors, as I said, is phenomenal. It's really cool and interesting.

http://www.jon-adam.co.uk/images/gallery/Out-of-Orange.jpg
http://www.jon-adam.co.uk/pages/gallery2.htm

Impressionism

Ros Callander (Scotland) 1961 Dawn Breaks Acrylic on box-framed canvas 100cm x 100cm Scotland, London Paris, and Berlin

Ros has created a lot of sunset landscapes and other kinds as well. The color blend and the lighting makes it seem very real. It blends nicely from dark oranges into lighter and then the twilight sky above it. It's interesting how the sun is the vanishing point on the horizon line. And that gives it a great feel of spacious scenery. There aren't many actual shapes. But there are so many lines to create the effect of light streaking across the sky. I really like it. The colors and scene is fantastic.

http://www.zerooneart.co.uk/thumb/RosC2b.jpg
http://www.zerooneart.co.uk/gallery.asp?username=RosC

My culture: progressive rock album covers

http://www.rogerdean.com/upclose/topo.jpg

Roger Dean (England) 1944 Tales from Topographic Oceans (around 1973) Watercolor and ink 17.25" x 28" All albums covers and related items of Tales from Topographic Oceans

Roger Dean is classic for making abstract album covers. A band called "Yes" (really) made this album and Roger designed at least most of the covers. The album was called TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS. Topographic means the features or surface arrangement of an area. I don't understand why it was called that, maybe because most things in an ocean happen underneath. But this art work is a great example of Roger's abstract designs. He used a lot of line on the bottom and left just dots of stars above. He used a great form of space. And a magnificent example of horizon line and vanishing point. In many places this painting is actually monotone. The rocks and snow like water all just start with white and get darker. The line use is incredible with the lines and shapes creating the detail of the rock. It's really cool I think.

Another culture, a busy city

Dion Archibald (Australia) born 1976 In the City (2005) Oil on Canvas - 45x60cm

It was where he grew up as a kid, so it could be his view of his home. His paintings often seem to be in a form of somewhat cubism. He could've put a new twist on what a city is. He's relatively young for an artist, so this could be his culture that he grew up in. Whatever his motive, he's seeing the city in a different way than most people. And I have to give him credit for that. He definitly uses a lot of line and a very crowded space. It's mostly monotone, but not completely. There are so many lines and shapes making up the buildings. And there are many other shapes like circles over in the park.

http://www.dionarchibald.com/sydney/paintings/in-the-city.jpg

Neo Abstact

Rafael do Canto Queiroz (Spain)

Neo Abstact

Digital Art

Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold (b 1934) The Sunflower Quilting Bee at Arles 1991 Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border 74 x 80" Private Collection

I see this painting as emotionalism. It shows happiness in the unity of people. It definatly falls under the category of people and places It shows a very crowded space, but much with nature and flowers. It also has a lot of use of line. And it has many different shapes. It has the connection with DaVinchi's Sunflower painting. The painting has many of them in it. I'm not sure why the connection was made though.

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