Hell And Heaven Analysis

In general, Fritz Scholder used people to show ethnic subject matter. This does not coincide with what I have learned about earlier painters such as those in the Oklahoma School. The most artwork from earlier painters are traditional portraits and pictures of recording the ceremony. Fritz Scholder combined Indian culture with American culture to show the Indian with a beer can, the Indian with a American flag, and a portrait of himself with a cat. He also drew abstract in which expressed Indian’s daily life, and he expressed more emotions though his works.
I have chosen Hell and Heaven because the structure of both picture are similar, Fritz Scholder only used color to describe these two opposite scenes. In Hell, there is a black and red half-length portrait. The half-length portrait is smiling and showing his red teeth, and he has two tentacles. He looks like a demon, and he always treats people. The half-length portrait covers ¾ of the picture. The color of the background is red. It gives red light to the black portrait, so the portrait has reflected red color. In Heaven, there is also showing a half-length portrait which covers ¾ of the picture. The black portrait …show more content…
Canon’s work, I recognize that either Fritz Scholder or T.C. Canon used people to express emotions and situations. The figure in each of T.C. Canon’s work is standing in the center of the picture in which the same as the Hell and the Heaven. One of T.C.Canon’s work, His Hair Flows Like A River, was drew with the same ratio. A half-length portrait covers ¾ of the picture, but he was painted with more details. The man turned his head and looked at the left side in the picture, so he showed his “hair” to the audiences. In fact, his hair was covered by a dog’s head. The view point between T.C. Canon and Fritz Scholder is similar. They both drew Indian portraits, American portraits, and daily life. They also both drew beer can and American flag in the