Joe Roberts Landscape Art Analysis

Thomas and Joe: The Landscapers Thomas Gainsborough and Joe Rader Roberts are not your typical landscapers. In fact, the two are not the manual laborers who clean and fix up your lawn and gardens. Both men are artists who have remarkable works of landscape art. The difference between the two is that they were born nearly two centuries apart, so one can most likely see a huge setting and story difference in the works of art. I honestly could not have picked a better combination to compare and explain in detail about their tremendous artwork. Before we begin analyzing one of Joe Rader Roberts’ paintings, I must give you a small background on him in order for you to comprehend his beautiful paintings. The Texas native was born in Lockhart and “worked as a commercial artist after graduation from high school” (museum place card). From there, he moved on to enroll in the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The main key to his background is that he was very intrigued about the historic American frontier. Almost every single one of his paintings resemble a crucial scene from the westward expansion of the United States. …show more content…
After looking at this painting, while knowing his background and love for the historic frontier, it is now much easier to understand what the image depicts. At first glance, we see a beautiful, romantic image of man and woman standing in the middle a prairie. The man and the woman very young, as if they were newlyweds looking for a place to settle. The man looks and points toward the ground with a wooden stake and a mallet in the other hand. This pointing of the stake shows that the couple will finally be settling down after their likely long journey to accommodate such a