Gallery Analysis #2

These three paintings titled the New York Series by Elizabeth Cramer. In this painting she worked with black, shades of gray, and white acrylic paints on a canvas. This series caught my attention right away; I believe it was because of its contast and the sheer beauty of the city. All the detail and the reflection of the lights in the water really made this piece come to life. She uses a lot of line to create the city scene and all three paintings have their own balance. The one on the left has an interesting angle, where the bridge takes up most of the right side of the painting and then the city can been seen in the left corner. The center painting's perspective is from the center of the bridge so both sides are fairly equal in content. The street light's intesity is even balanced by another intense light on the other side a little bit further back and then another that is on the right side again but is even farther back and less intense. The painting on the right shows balance with the street on the left of the painting extending into the city which makes up the background. The three paintings together harmonize well be beacuse of their different angles with the line. It's almost as though the two side paintings are leading into the center painting, which I think is an excellent aspect to the work. Elizabeth mentioned that she liked to use monocramatic paints and layering which you can see in this piece.






This etching titled Untitled (Hawaa) by Kate Varney, I thought was a very interesting piece. The detail in the fine lines is amazing in this piece, it literally looks as though it was just stamped on the page or printed from a printer. But I guess that kinda goes with the concpet of etching, which is a very facinating process. The whole piece is simple in a comlplex way. I like how the background is plain two-tone solid gray and dark gray and the figures are very detailed. I feel like this really brings the focus to the armadillo, the tree, and the turtle, and it also gives them character. With the way the turtle's head is turned it seems like he could be having a nonchalant conversation with the armadillo and the tree is just patiently observing/overlooking them talking. But in this picture, it doesn't seem like the tree is an inanimate object; I get the sense that it's actually listening to the conversation between the armadillo and the turtle.