For this paper, I decided to compare and contrast two different styles of artwork that both have the same medium. The two pieces that stood out to me at Willards Art Center in Idaho Falls Idaho were Elise Wilding's tree painting and Bernadette Regnier's flower painting. Both artists, Wilding and Regnier, use the medium of paint to create their beautiful art. While they both use the same medium in their art, they have do have different styles. Wilding uses an expressionism style in her art to connect with her viewer, whereas Regnier uses impressionism in her painting.
When viewing Wilding's tree painting, and many others it becomes evident that she would be considered and expressional artist. Expressionism is an art movement that originated in 20th century Germany. Expressionist artists turned to bright colors and distorted subjects to show emotions through their art. Wildings painting display many characteristics of expressionism, first being the distorting reality of the tree trunk in her photo. This is no regular tree trunk, but instead what appears to be the form of a women's body. Wilding also uses arbitrary colors to focus her viewer on the vivid red color of the leaves on the tree, even though this color has no natural relation to it. By doing this, the painting is …show more content…
Impressionism is an art movement that originated in the 19th century in France. Impressionism applies the technique of applying paint in small touches of pure color rather than broader strokes and painting outdoors to help create the impression of color and light in the artwork itself. Some of the characteristics of impressionism in Regnier's flower painting are the real life subject matter, her use of complementary colors, and how she creates the image of flowers making for viewers fell as if they actually caught a glimpse of what they looked like in real
When viewing Wilding's tree painting, and many others it becomes evident that she would be considered and expressional artist. Expressionism is an art movement that originated in 20th century Germany. Expressionist artists turned to bright colors and distorted subjects to show emotions through their art. Wildings painting display many characteristics of expressionism, first being the distorting reality of the tree trunk in her photo. This is no regular tree trunk, but instead what appears to be the form of a women's body. Wilding also uses arbitrary colors to focus her viewer on the vivid red color of the leaves on the tree, even though this color has no natural relation to it. By doing this, the painting is …show more content…
Impressionism is an art movement that originated in the 19th century in France. Impressionism applies the technique of applying paint in small touches of pure color rather than broader strokes and painting outdoors to help create the impression of color and light in the artwork itself. Some of the characteristics of impressionism in Regnier's flower painting are the real life subject matter, her use of complementary colors, and how she creates the image of flowers making for viewers fell as if they actually caught a glimpse of what they looked like in real