This week I really wanted to find a modern piece of artwork that can relate to my own personal concentration. For those who may not know, this year my art class was asked to have a focus that would be the base to all the artwork we will be doing throughout the year. My concentration is Nature, especially the life and growth of trees and plants.
The artwork below is an Acrylic piece on canvas by William F. Renzulli called Solitary Tree on purple. His primary focus is on architecture which has led him to mainly draw and paint environments, townscapes, and urban landscapes.
In this painting, Renzulli uses a fair amount of texture. If you look closely to the sky it has a splotchy look to it which represents the fluffiness of the clouds and to further differentiate the sky (background) from the ground. The ground too has a more rough and horizontal texture compared to the sky. It looks like to me that perhaps he used a wash to paint the ground because I see different layers of color underneath the low key and value of the brownish-red. Now, noticing the color choice, Renzulli definitely used complementary colors to make his painting pop-out. Do you see what I mean? He is using the colors red and green plus yellow and purple in his artwork. By doing this, he emphasizes the tree even more. This emphasis of the tree would make this piece have an asymmetrical balance, since the tree is place more toward the left of the canvas.
I am now very fond of William F. Renzulli’s work and I encourage you to check out his website below to view some more of his artworks.
Works Cited:
"the Art of William F. Renzulli." the Art of William F. Renzulli. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2011. <http://renzulliart.com/home.html>.
I really enjoy the texture in this and love the colors used. Very interesting anna!
ReplyDeleteI like the placement of the subject matter in the background, all of the colors seem to be well thought out that just thrown on a piece of paper.
ReplyDeleteThe luscious tree in the middle of what looks like a dead desert makes me really happy.
ReplyDeleteThis is really nice, Anna! I love how serene it looks when you just admire it and you would think it was painted softly but as you examine it closer, I agree with you that the artist used splotchiness to create that "fluff" and rough horizontal texture for the ground and it works well with the painting.
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