Untitled By Ms.Finder
Visual Analysis by:Ragale Russell

I attended the Arlington Museum of Art located in Arlington, TX. Most of the art pieces showcased in this museum come from local artists. These artists range in all ages from grade school up until adulthood. I was able to view a lot of interesting pieces of art but the one I chose was actually created by a local artist who was only in the fourth grade. I have chosen not to include her name because of her age but I do have a picture of her artwork. I was initially drawn to her artwork because of her choice of colors. I decided to use her image for this assignment because for her age group she showcased many talents of the artists we have studied within the last couple of chapters. There were several pieces of work from her school available for viewing but no other students used her eccentric viewpoint or abstract style.

The background for this portrait consisted of a countryside. The unique part of this countryside was that it did not take a shape or form. You were able to identify the background because of the greens, yellows, and blues she used. I came to the conclusion that these colors were to mean the grass, sun, and sky. On the bottom portion of this portrait you could see a clear form of a human lying on a board. This was the only identifiable shape within the portrait. The main focal point was the outline of a human from the stomach up. The face had a sort of two faced theme to it. The face had two eyes, a nose, and a mouth but the structure of the upper portion of the face made it two-faced. On each side the artist used one of the eyes and added on what looks to be an animal’s face within the human’s outline.

The two main elements identifiable within this piece of art work are the use of lines and color. The artist used lines to define the different shapes and she used lines within her background to emphasize the balance she wanted within the painting. Her lines were curved and grooved, which in my mind represented a peaceful space. The artist used lines to define objects mainly within the outline of her human with two different animals for a face. Her dominant colors within the portrait are mainly the greens, yellows, and blues. Again these are used to represent her countryside, the sky, and the sun. She also used other colors but I was not able to determine a specific meaning for these. The artist also displayed a sort of layered attempt within the artwork that can be related to the element of space. The artist has her focal point of the human outline on top of the countryside. She also has a human shape lying on what appears to be a board as well. This human was located at the bottom of the human’s outline, rather than on the countryside which I found interesting since the main focal point was two animals within a human outline. .

The main emphasis located within this artwork would rest on the two-faced human being. The human’s eyes were included in the shape of two different animals that had their own noses. The human’s outline actually has three noses, two for the animals and one for the human. The artist used one mouth outstretched into a smile that curved into both sides of the face and even into the parts of the animals within the face. The lines that define each of these different viewpoints are what will keep your focus. The artist used bold colors rather than warm colors to maintain your attention as well.

The artwork for this analysis was a two-dimensional painting. The painting looks to have been done using water colors. The artist appears to have drawn in the background using a pencil and then it looks to have been colored in. The edges of each of her outlines do not appear to have been painted because of how controlled the strokes within this picture are. A pencil would create a very thin line that would be impossible to see once the drawing had the added colors to it. I would imagine the color was created using a fast drying paint. The edges of her outlined work do not appear to have been smudged together by running paint and her colors still appear very bold. The canvas was still very vibrant and the colors were still dark. Nothing appeared to have faded so I would also assume the painting is still in its original state.