Expose Yourself

If you look up the word "context" in the dictionary, you'll find something like this: a joining together, scheme, or structure.

A scheme...really?

Maybe Anders Zorn, in his painting Vallkulla,  was scheming, in that he deliberately imbedded ideas about life - what he found meaningful and beautiful - within the context of the landscape. 

His message?  There is comfort in a simple existence.  A young girl in humble clothing wanders along the edge of a pine forest, following the barely visible cows in the background.  The reds in her skirt and face create visual warmth and softness, the violets communicate the temperature of the air, the season and time of day. This is not just a figure painting, or a landscape painting, this is about the artist's perspective on life.

Of course this might not be what you want to communicate with your art.  Some might feel this is an overly sentimental view and prefer something more hard hitting and urban. 

But style doesn't matter in art.  It isn't the messenger - it's the message that's important. 

 

 

Comments

[Helen]

So how do artists post works here? Or is if only for the creators of the blog?

[vicki ross]

I LOVE this, Sue. Thanks for sharing