Main Gallery:
Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting
Wayne Thiebaud: 70 Years of Painting
October 4, 2009 – January 31, 2010
This survey of more than one hundred works drawn from this great American artist’s career includes his distinctive still life paintings of bakeries and delicatessens as well as some of his lesser-known figural and landscape paintings.
This is super close to us here is Pasadena. Hopefully some of you can check this out. I'll try to go and see this in the upcoming week. Hopefully we can have some discussion about it. Let me know if any of you make it.
I really like the feeling of these works, particularly the display case with the salads. I enjoy the color scheme used; The colors are light, but intense. I really like how everything is outlined; It gives the piece a very cartoon-like feel, but it still maintains a realistic feel simultaneously. These works also remind me a lot of the 80's, though I'm not entirely sure why...
ReplyDeleteIn examining these still life paintings, I automatically thought of the techniques discussed the last few weeks in class. From blocking to working with light and shadow, the paintings demonstrate how color scheming is strongly correlated to space and object placement. For example, the shadows in blue hue in the watermelon dish painting give the angle of the shadow a dramatic feel. It almost gives you a sense of time of day. If you look closely at the four dish painting you also get a strong sense of how the colors of the object's shadows work brilliantly with the light. As I continue to practice the painting skills I am learning in class, I'm beginning to have a stronger appreciation of still life/representational painting I didn't before...
ReplyDeleteThanks for suggesting an exhibit in Pasadena. Yeah! I was planning on visiting this museum and now I will go for sure asap. His work looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteFernando said
ReplyDeleteI initially was drawn to the watermelon painting because of the color and its modern look. But as I looked closer the painting is very cool in feeling, with the blues and whites. Sort of the opposite of when you eat watermelon might mean to me. Like spring, summer,or warm colors. This is more like watermelon in winter. I love the big brush strokes that outline the watermelon slices and the rich aqua color of the shadows. Very nice paiting!
Definetly going to check this out. I really enjoy his work especially his paintings. Composition, colors, everything. Also, just found out about the LA ArtWalk Downtown -http://www.downtownartwalk.com/about the next one is November 12th. It seems like it might be interesting, I've never been.
ReplyDeleteI feel like it is great to be able to look at these as an example of what we need to be doing in class. These paintings are of simple shapes and basic colors. It helps me visualize the value of the colors we are placing. For example the shadows of the watermelon painting are only a few tones or shades from the background color and I tend to want to make them my darkest dark.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy both of these paintings, especially the first one with the watermelons. I like how they're so 3D, it looks like they're popping out of the picture. The shadows also help make the painting look very realistic and vibrant. The colors used are very light yet intense, such as the red in the watermelons, which works very well with the light blue background. In addition, the second painting is very interesting and fun to look at. I really like the shadows and the positioning of the four spoons. It also looks fairly realistic, but not as much as the first painting. The colors used are, again, light yet intense as the vasious foods inside the bowls stand out.
ReplyDelete