Rhythm & Movement in Art - My Painting, "Dancer in Chinese Costume"

This is an image of my completed painting, Dancer in Chinese Costume. My interest was the movement of the large skirt. The yellow hue at the edges of the skirt contrasts with the complement of the muted violet. I ensured the violet was on both sides of the yellow edges. The muted green yellow background is the complement of the violet skirt. The yellow and violet hues are enhanced by these complements (simultaneous contrast). I establish rhythm and movement with the curves of the skirt, the yellow edges, the shape of the hat and hairline. The white brush stroke at the skirt’s edge repeats the curve. The left side of the canvas has adequate space for the dancer to move into the space. Faces and hands have significant visual weight to the viewers’ eyes. I did not detail the face and hands because I wanted the movement of the skirt to capture the viewers’ interest. However the front arm is similar in value to the yellow edge and although the line is broken, the eyes follow this open line.

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Cylindrical Forms in Art - My Painting, "Dock Pilings"

This is an image of my painting, Dock Pilings, and the image in gray scale (values). This painting is also on display at my gallery exhibit. This painting highlights several points. The dock pilings are painted realistically. My cropping of the pilings imparts an abstract image. The 4 pilings are cylindrical in form. The light is coming from the left side. In prior posts, I wrote about modeling cylindrical forms. The modeling from light, middle tone to form shadow is gradation and not abrupt. I used contrast in color hues; blue and orange. These colors are complements and enhance each other. This enhancement of hues is most evident in the light and middle tone areas of the pilings. The reflections of the pilings in the water are darker closer to the pilings. Reflections in water are also vertical as seen in my painting.

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During August 2010 my paintings are exhibited at the Art for All Canada’s Rainbow Gallery. The Gallery is at 80 Front St. East across from Toronto’s historic St. Lawrence Market. You enter the Gallery through Rainbow Cinemas, Market Square. Viewing the exhibits is free. At the top of this site is a link to Art for All Canada’s Gallery. Gallery hours are from 12:30 pm to 10:00 pm daily. My exhibit ends the morning of Monday August 30th. http://www.artforallcanada.org.

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Bird of Paradise - My Soaring Painting

This is an image of my painting, Bird of Paradise, and the image in gray scale (values). This painting is on display in my gallery exhibit. I used contrast in color hues and temperature; blue, green and orange. I wanted to achieve a sensation of soaring. The bottom blue-green stem is an oblique shape moving from thick to thin. The upper blue-green stem also moves from thick to thin but the top leaf moves the eye back into the painting. It is the upper orange petals shaped like 2 wings that contribute to the feeling of soaring. Rudolf Arnheim in his book, Art and Visual Perception, A Psychology of the Creative Eye, notes that when a shape moves from upper left to lower right, we perceive this as a shape falling downward. When a shape moves from lower left to upper right, viewers perceive this as a shape soaring upward.

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