Progress By Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray is a pop art genre artist who used bright colors and shapes with dark outlines to make incredible works of art. The strenuous process of creating pop art displays the effort put forth by pop art artists. Elizbeth Murray’s Painter’s Progress was a result of her being very comfortable with her style of art. Murray observed many different artists including Picasso, Cézanne, and de Kooning. She studied the formal technique of other artists’ works and created her own ‘twist’ on pop culture. By applying the four steps to writing an art critique, a piece of art can be thoroughly described. Elizabeth Murray’s paintings broke the status quo with eccentric shapes and colors. Painter’s Progress, made in 1981, is a very intricate painting. The painting itself is a panting of three paint brushes and a palette. The painting is represented as a broken painting of a painting. Colors are extremely important when it comes to the completion and interpretation of a painting. Murray’s painting is painted with eccentric, bold, bright colors that bring attention to the broken palette that is represented on the canvas. The pink, yellow, and green sections of the painting are the most obvious portions …show more content…
The lines and shapes both accentuate the carefree and flowing pattern of her style of painting. As Elizabeth was setting new standards, she was also creating a bridge between reality and illusion. The bridge between reality and illusion is formed from the edge lines of the painting. The edge lines create a shape, but because the lines are not completely definitive and create the ‘illusion’ of escaping reality. Balance is very evident in Elizabeth’s painting. The balance between bright and dull colors adds proportion as well. Combining complementary colors bring out the details of a painting, with is what Elizabeth