Gordon Rayner Visual Analysis

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The first word that came to mind when I saw this art piece was texture. There is an access amount of texture, lines, colours, and shapes. Those elements of design are what caught my attention to this artwork. My personal interpretation was that this piece portrayed nature. I noticed water foreshortening between large rocks. I noticed the red train tracks that trail off the artwork into another direction. Lastly, the sky is a variety of colours, to me reminds me of a summer sunset.

Gordon Rayner was born in Toronto, Ontario, 1935. Rayner began his career as a commercial artist, he was known for his original artworks. As he was starting his career, he received training from his father, who was a commercial artist himself. Gordon was used to

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