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Rug at the PRS

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Studying …

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gif credit to @stanuristheman

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Girl Pictures by Justine Kurland

This series has my heart. Read reflections from the artist here.

What I am visually drawn to in these photos:

the tone: blue-gray and murky green

compositional balance between subjects

subject matter: girls adventuring

magic in city vs nature

casually taken with an artful eye for composition/poses

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Works by Paul Ranson (1864-1909)

What I love about the first image:

the shape/alternating colors of the ripples in the water

the tree trunk’s patterns and green/maroon accents

wavy female figures

foreground foliage vs lack of in background

highlights on rocks

color palette, atmosphere

What I love about the rest of the images:

limited color palettes (except for blue/orange contrast, but I like that too)

subject matter: women doing things

flat application of paint

wavy environments

contrasting outlines

repeated droopy leaf motif

smiling rock in the last painting ;)

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Marilyn, A Muse

Photographs by Eve Arnold and Milton Greene

What I love about these images:

their distinct film quality

vivid blue and orange tones

combination of being both playful and artful

casual vs unconventional poses

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Jackson Pollock’s Black and White (Number 20), 1951

I visited the LACMA recently for the first time ever and saw this piece (these are my photos). I couldn’t look away- I probably spent ten minutes standing and staring at this piece. 

There is something special about it that I think can only be seen by an artist’s eye. This is an oil on canvas, definitely unprimed canvas and probably some other medium combined with oil paint. The paint is matte in some places and looks shiny and slick in others- this can be seen in the close-up photo. What I believe makes this painting so enrapturing to view as an artist is the effect that this slick paint has- you know that unprimed canvas will soak up the wet paint moments after it is applied, and despite being totally dry, this work has areas that look wet. These notions combine to create movement in this painting. It feels like you are standing in front of it, watching it dry, waiting for the paint to look how it logically should, even though nothing of the sort is actually happening.

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Henri Matisse

Specific characteristics that I love: 

black outlines

flat floral patterns 

use of red and mauve 

thin application of paint

window views

deep purple/red/cream contrasts

subject matter: women and/in spaces

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Mayan Toledano for I-D in 2016

Why I’m drawn to these images:

the bright red in each of them

orangey green film quality/tone

subject matter: lovers and friends kissing

https://mayantoledano.com/I-D-COUPLES

https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/43vjwg/new-york-couples-on-love-friendship-and-the-importance-of-pride