In the past week I visited Museum of Art's and Sciences also known as MOAS. Walking through this exhibit a few pieces of art caught my eye. The art work Florida Dreamscape VIII 1984 by Steven Lotz in the Florida paintings really drew me in. Looking at this painting done with Liquetex acrylic on gesso board really spoke with color. The wet liquetex acrylic gives the painting a very wet stature. Making it seem soft yet saturated with color. The Organic shapes on the Lotus flower gave it a distinct place on the board, standing out more than other objects. While the curved lines on the bird with accents of the leaves really brought it to life to show you about life surrounding Florida. Looking more into this painting you can really visualize the
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I see shade on a hot summer day looking out into the beautiful nature Florida has to hold. I see true value in the colors as they bleed into one another in the background. Giving it pastel feels of a late evening on a summer day. The bright colors give it such a happy feel like you're somewhere tropical and everything else around you are irrelevant. You're looking past imperfections of this state and drawing in on what is truly beautiful. This painting makes me feel as though the world is a better place just by adding a little bit of color to it. Makes me feel more vibrant and …show more content…
This was A Nymph Drawing Her Bow on a Youth c. 1780 by Angelica Kauffman 1740-1807 in the early centuries section done with pencil and pastel on gray paper. This picture is full of life. It makes you question what is actually going on. The value of this drawing is simple yet complex. As for being a dark drawing you can see the very defined shapes in this two-dimensional drawing bringing to life its implied depth from their position and the mountains behind them. In this photo being so dated you can still see the carefulness in the interpretation of the scale of how far away they are from the said mountains. This dry media gave it that strong sense of importance. In this drawing the meaning behind its importance is that she is said to be drawing the bow on this shepherd without knowing she was using Cupid's
I see shade on a hot summer day looking out into the beautiful nature Florida has to hold. I see true value in the colors as they bleed into one another in the background. Giving it pastel feels of a late evening on a summer day. The bright colors give it such a happy feel like you're somewhere tropical and everything else around you are irrelevant. You're looking past imperfections of this state and drawing in on what is truly beautiful. This painting makes me feel as though the world is a better place just by adding a little bit of color to it. Makes me feel more vibrant and …show more content…
This was A Nymph Drawing Her Bow on a Youth c. 1780 by Angelica Kauffman 1740-1807 in the early centuries section done with pencil and pastel on gray paper. This picture is full of life. It makes you question what is actually going on. The value of this drawing is simple yet complex. As for being a dark drawing you can see the very defined shapes in this two-dimensional drawing bringing to life its implied depth from their position and the mountains behind them. In this photo being so dated you can still see the carefulness in the interpretation of the scale of how far away they are from the said mountains. This dry media gave it that strong sense of importance. In this drawing the meaning behind its importance is that she is said to be drawing the bow on this shepherd without knowing she was using Cupid's