The Charlevoix Lighthouse
Have you ever seen a piece of art that at first glance took your breath away and distorted reality for a small but very detailed moment? The Charlevoix Lighthouse created by Al WIldey gave me this first time experience as I observed the piece within the art gallery at Central Michigan University. This piece depicts a photo of a lighthouse that seems to spinning or constantly in motion. The artist used digital photographic composite on aluminum as a medium for their piece which adds to the excitement of the piece. The piece at first glance was hard to understand, it seemed to have so much going on even though the focal was fairly easy to see it was not vivid. Although the image seems to hard to see through that is what made the piece so interesting, it’s depiction of one object but from multiple angles creating a non-vivid image that is constantly in motion. This motion seems to create a feeling of chaos or a feeling of a constant shake throughout the piece as if the world was actually replicating this motion mid image. The piece holds a somewhat darkness to it with its gritty look. The orange and reddish …show more content…
The lighthouse is a reddish brown color on a very light baby blue background, which is used to depict a slightly cloudy sky. The sky spans across roughly 80 percent of the piece which depicts an angle of looking upward to the lighthouse also depicting the size of the lighthouse and trying to pull that person into the image. The bottom also helps this as it is darker than the sky contrasting the baby blue but fading in somewhat with the reddish brown of the light house. Even though it is hard to see through since the colors blend it helps the viewer proceed upward into the piece, leading to the lighthouse
Have you ever seen a piece of art that at first glance took your breath away and distorted reality for a small but very detailed moment? The Charlevoix Lighthouse created by Al WIldey gave me this first time experience as I observed the piece within the art gallery at Central Michigan University. This piece depicts a photo of a lighthouse that seems to spinning or constantly in motion. The artist used digital photographic composite on aluminum as a medium for their piece which adds to the excitement of the piece. The piece at first glance was hard to understand, it seemed to have so much going on even though the focal was fairly easy to see it was not vivid. Although the image seems to hard to see through that is what made the piece so interesting, it’s depiction of one object but from multiple angles creating a non-vivid image that is constantly in motion. This motion seems to create a feeling of chaos or a feeling of a constant shake throughout the piece as if the world was actually replicating this motion mid image. The piece holds a somewhat darkness to it with its gritty look. The orange and reddish …show more content…
The lighthouse is a reddish brown color on a very light baby blue background, which is used to depict a slightly cloudy sky. The sky spans across roughly 80 percent of the piece which depicts an angle of looking upward to the lighthouse also depicting the size of the lighthouse and trying to pull that person into the image. The bottom also helps this as it is darker than the sky contrasting the baby blue but fading in somewhat with the reddish brown of the light house. Even though it is hard to see through since the colors blend it helps the viewer proceed upward into the piece, leading to the lighthouse