Once a week I will be exploring a famous artist's style and create a piece imitating that style.
This week: Wassily Kandinsky.
Wassily Kandinsky was one the first American
abstract painters during the 1910’s. His bright and lively use of color quickly became
a staple in his work. For color is the very basis of Kandinsky’s
work; it is the radiating force which he examines at the very start.
One of Kandinsky’s common subjects was music. He created a series of
paintings each titled Composition—a term
commonly used for both art and music. Kandinsky
claimed that when he saw color he heard music, and he believed passionately
that art could have the same emotional power as music.
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| Composition VI |
I decided attempt to paint music. With a playlist playing my favorite classical music, I started. The imagery used to inspire me was Kandinsky’s Composition VI (see above).
I imitated his bright colors and bold lines. The red color moving
diagonal from the bottom left corner is to symbolize the fast, energetic beats
of the music. The green circular forms in the top left corner is for the
pulsating beats. And finally the blue, curved lines primarily on the right side
of the composition are for the slower, calmer parts of the music.
Abstract art has always intrigued me, so I was very excited to work with Kandinsky. This really took me out of my comfort zone considering I am primarily a realism painter. I look forward to further exploring this style.
Never let the paint run dry from your brush.
Shannon Evans.
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