Painting Essay Example: Description of a Work of Art
The artist of this surrealistic painting uses the shades of red, blue, and black to (with perfect harmony, perfection and precision) bring out visual illusions and abstract figures similar to those found in works of some of the world's renowned artists. Abstract arts like these ones, unlike paintings of objects, know no boundaries. The shapes that make up the arts meld together and, the different shades of colors used to make the painting often flow together to create a harmonious pattern or clash into a violent frenzy. Either way, abstract artists concerns themselves with engaging the emotions of the viewer without the destruction found in paintings of objects. Abstract Arts or Pictures of Nothing describe nothing but themselves. This paper will provide a visual description of one of such pieces of art.
The focal point of thus painting is at the top left hand side of the painting. Here, there is what appears to be the visual representation of some strange animal (dragon) inside a cave. The painter used the bright circle at the middle of the painting to elude the sunshine. The dark part of the painting that starts from the left hand side of the painting and end at the top appears to be the walls of a cave. The illusion of a wall is given by the uneven surface of these rocks and the texture.
The rest of the painting is covered with a strange light blue, organic background with shades of white, blue, yellow, and red. The streaks of blue, yellow and white at the background appear like water running down the entrance of the cave. The red and yellow colors appear to be from the reflection of the sun's rays against the water running down the entrance of the cave. The illusion of water running down the entrance of the cave is enhanced by the curvy shapes of the blue streaks of color at the background. The water would also explain the blurred vision. Nothing on the other side of what appears like a cave is visible apart from the strong bright light.
The lower part of the picture is an organic shade of velvety red surface. This is the most confusing part of the painting. On the first look, it appears like fire from the dragon above but changes to look like water on further inspection. Just like most abstract paintings, merely looking at the different parts of the painting give one no idea of what the author really meant to portray by such a painting. For example, it is hard to figure out what some of the figures in the painting really are or what they add to the concept of the painting. In addition, its also hard to figure out why the surface of what appears like water is red. Despite this, the painting is exciting to look at because of the manner in which it captures the imagination of the viewer.