Art Paper During my visit to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, two unique and fascinating artworks by Judith Lowry caught my attention. The first artwork is called Welgatim’s song. Welgatim’s song is an acrylic on canvas painting that was created in 2001. The second painting by Lowry is called Marine Phoenix. Like Welgatim’s song, this painting is also an acrylic on canvas, but it was created in the year of 1999. Both paintings include the Native American heritage, but what separates them both is that one artwork tends to show a better visual explanation of the story behind it than the other artwork. Even though both artworks are remarkable, the artwork of Welgatim’s song tends to show more particulars than the Marine Phoenix because of
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This artwork on the other hand also tends to show a connection with Lowry’s father. For example, “Judith Lowry imbues her depictions of her father’s dramatic Native American stories of family, origination, and nature with the vibrant color, detail, and scale such legends deserve” (NAA). Lowry uses a shading technique in Welgatim’s song. For example, by looking at the artwork one can tell that there is shading along the blue rocks, which also includes the color of color technique with oranges and yellow colors displayed over the blue rocks. The overall use of shade and light in order to make spectacular effects is amazing. The artwork also shows an evenly distribution of both cool and warm colors. It almost looks like there are two artworks in one. Another artwork by Judith Lowry called Marine Phoenix has a connection to both her parents and World War II. Quite similar to Welgatim’s song, this …show more content…
In this painting one can see what looks to be a human-like body shaped coyote standing on a lake. Beside this coyote looks to be an all-green woman standing on rocks. The rocks this woman is standing on seems oddly separated by a river and a lake. In the background one can see that there are a lot of trees and a volcano that looks ready to erupt. Although, the actual story behind it that Welgatim, the wife of a mythical coyote named Weh-pom falls in love with a deer named Suh-Mim. Due to this, Weh-pom plans to kill his wife Welgatim. Welgatim warns him of the terrible consequences, but Weh-pom believes he should not back away from his plan. Later, he wakes up to a vacant house then realizes all the light and heat has been destroyed. Welgatim had used songs then a prayer in order to summon all of the clouds and rain to the earth. This was considered her way of punishment. The story is overall quite fascinating and strange at the same time. The story of the painting Marine Phoenix on the other hand is about a love story of Lowry’s parents in San Francisco. Somewhat like Welgatim’s song, this painting includes a male and female on top of a lake. Unfortunately, in this painting there is a Native American man and a ghost-like female in a dress. In the background includes the Golden Gate Bridge and the ocean. The actual story, “during World War II, June Shirley Harrison met Leonard Lowry, a
This artwork on the other hand also tends to show a connection with Lowry’s father. For example, “Judith Lowry imbues her depictions of her father’s dramatic Native American stories of family, origination, and nature with the vibrant color, detail, and scale such legends deserve” (NAA). Lowry uses a shading technique in Welgatim’s song. For example, by looking at the artwork one can tell that there is shading along the blue rocks, which also includes the color of color technique with oranges and yellow colors displayed over the blue rocks. The overall use of shade and light in order to make spectacular effects is amazing. The artwork also shows an evenly distribution of both cool and warm colors. It almost looks like there are two artworks in one. Another artwork by Judith Lowry called Marine Phoenix has a connection to both her parents and World War II. Quite similar to Welgatim’s song, this …show more content…
In this painting one can see what looks to be a human-like body shaped coyote standing on a lake. Beside this coyote looks to be an all-green woman standing on rocks. The rocks this woman is standing on seems oddly separated by a river and a lake. In the background one can see that there are a lot of trees and a volcano that looks ready to erupt. Although, the actual story behind it that Welgatim, the wife of a mythical coyote named Weh-pom falls in love with a deer named Suh-Mim. Due to this, Weh-pom plans to kill his wife Welgatim. Welgatim warns him of the terrible consequences, but Weh-pom believes he should not back away from his plan. Later, he wakes up to a vacant house then realizes all the light and heat has been destroyed. Welgatim had used songs then a prayer in order to summon all of the clouds and rain to the earth. This was considered her way of punishment. The story is overall quite fascinating and strange at the same time. The story of the painting Marine Phoenix on the other hand is about a love story of Lowry’s parents in San Francisco. Somewhat like Welgatim’s song, this painting includes a male and female on top of a lake. Unfortunately, in this painting there is a Native American man and a ghost-like female in a dress. In the background includes the Golden Gate Bridge and the ocean. The actual story, “during World War II, June Shirley Harrison met Leonard Lowry, a