Abyss Painting

This painting shows two figures siting on what look to be stools with all kinds of dark colors blending in the background. The figures and the background have extremely defined textures. The subject matter is way the models are portrayed in their respective colors and the way they are surrounded in the darkness with certain textures making scenes in the “abyss”.

The colors of the figures are complimentary colors; colors across from each other on the color wheel are combined to make the color brown. Also, the models contain little pieces of the other figures key colors. In the red figure there are hints of yellow and blue as well as green that can be found in the green model as well. The texture of this painting is very important. This painting was created by using a thick pallet knife. Large swipes covered the canvas and the edges of the knife were used to illustrate allusions in the darkness; The green rock in front of the stools of light that the figures are sitting on is one and the waterfall flowing beside the green model is the other allusion.

The visual elements work together in this composition to create a mysterious, scary, and ominous tone Variety and balance are the biggest principals of design I think that are found in my work. Variety is …show more content…
The artwork was created from assignment to paint two live figures in an abstract manner using the Knife for the first time. At the time I was creating this piece I was playing a horror video game online, which was named “IB”, that displayed an evil art museum when the character of the game fell into the painting that had the word “abyss” in the title. I was inspired to create a similar tone from the game along with the textures. I love to create surreal pieces of artwork linking the fantasy to real life and out of everything I have created this is the darkest piece I have ever