Rob Gonsalves Analysis

People can sometimes feel welcome with open arms in a crowd full of perfect strangers. being around strangers can bring warmth to the room and comfort to a worried mind while not truly knowing anyone. Another person in the room may feel the complete opposite because they are unable to connect with new people easily. In a painting by Rob Gonsalves, the viewer is shown the difference between being lonely and being alone. This beautiful experience of the painting begins by pulling your eyes toward the blue sky in the top left corner. The clouds in the sky fade downward into a thick forest with a small pond in the in the bottom right. It brings your eyes to the bottom right corner as you see a woman floating leisurely in the water. But this image slowly fades to her floating among the stars in the …show more content…
The left half of the painting is full of very calming shades of blue sky and brightly colored forest. The reflection of the water giving off a feeling of movement from the bottom left to the bottom right of the painting. This movement is a signal of the transition in both color and tone of the painting. The bright forest and sky fade to black with only small dots of light poking through. All color is lost as the woman stares down at the earth from space. This color and setting change is meant to show the message of the painting in a drastic way. The brightly colored forest has no other people in it and yet being alone is not inherently a bad thing. Spending time in a beautiful setting can be an amazing experience even when no one is around. On the other hand, being lonely is not an experience anyone wishes for. It is as if people are worlds away from you and nothing could bring you closer to them. Even those who have many people around them can be lonely without being alone. It is simply a question of how attached you are to those around you that makes the