Frozen in Motion - Jerome Gumbs

In this image, You see a large elongated man in the center, surrounded by smaller people on skateboards. If you follow each of his body parts, they end around one of these people on skateboards performing some action, whether it be just riding around or riding on the half pipe. The artist made likes behind some of these characters to create a sense of motion, but that is not the only way motion is exhibited. The eye following each body part of the larger man is a sense of motion as well.

In this image, what seems like numerous colored electrodes are swimming towards each other. in this image, you can see the light trails of each electrode from the outer edges of the painting, drawing the eye inwards to the center. This motion leads the eye to the center where the electrodes have a different color than the trails of light behind them. This creates a very warm feel and a relaxing image.

Here we see exactly what the title suggests: Two boys fishing in a pond. The boys seem to live in a very rural area surrounded by lush green grass and trees. In terms of physical motion, we see the boy on the left climbing the bent tree trunk to get to the other boy, who is already fishing. In terms of the painting guiding the eye, however, there is much more than a simple painting. Following the tree trunk brings you to the two boys. At the same time, following the boy on the right's fishing rod will take you down to a photograph, with the boy's hook surrounded by a small fish and two sharks, one of which is enclosed in glass. A very creative representation of life above and below the water.

This painting creates more subtle examples of motion. Here we see an ink painting of bamboo in the wilderness. In the physical sense, the leaves are exhibiting motion by being blown around in the gentle breeze. As for the guiding of the eye, our eyes are automatically directed to the bold black of the bamboo leaves. This strong contrast of black and white create a bold emphasis of the bamboo and the background.

This image is one of my favorites. In it we see numerous plastic fish, with most of them going to the left side of the image. The physical motion of this image is almost a psychological trick. Plastic fish never have the capacity to move on their own, but our mind interprets the movements of real fish and envisions that with these fake fish. We cannot tel if these fish are supposed to be moving or not, but we can assume that the fish are moving as a group to the left.

This image is a bit darker than the others in this gallery. This painting displays the death of minor divinity Hippolytos, who was dragged to death by his horses after being frightened by a monster created by Poseidon. There is a lot of physical movement happening in the image at the same time. In the foreground, we see Hippolytos reaching to take control of his horses, who are paying him no mind. in the background, you can see the monster summoned by Poseidon seemingly flying away or coming out of the ground to chase the horses.

This image is from renowned artist Vincent van Gogh. In this painting, we see multiple people bleaching clothes and linens to keep them clean. Again we see subtle physical motions that leave the actions. To the left of the painting we can see some linens on the clothesline blowing in the wind. In the center, we can see people working on bleaching the sheets on the ground. In the town behind the workers, one can only assume there are numerous more people that are going about their daily lives. Another form of motion would be the brush strokes used to create the sky and clouds, with them all going in a horizontal pattern, it can be assumed the clouds are rolling over the town.

In this painting, The day seems to be winding down as horses race on a track. The physical movement of this painting is obvious with the racing horses. With the blurring of the horses and the jockeys, it can be assumed that these horses are not simply trotting along but are in a full sprint. Other signs of the horses' movement are the brushstrokes used to create the grass in this scene. it is horizontally blended so that each blade of grass cannot be individually depicted, but an entire sea of green.

In this painting, we see what looks like a family preparing to get on a boat so sail out of the town. A large amount of the motion shown in this painting is in the natural aspects of the scenery. The water is of course moving because of the waves depicted in painting. We can assume that the body of water is not a pond. The birds in the sky create a good example of natural movement as well. The boy on the right being grabbed by his mother is also an example of the subtle movements in the painting.

As the last image in the gallery, this painting is is very natural in terms of movement. Here we see a family of foxes playing and eating a duck that was caught. The amount of physical motion happening at once is almost overwhelming. to the left you can see two fox pups playing with each other. At the center you can see three other pups and their mother biting the neck of the now dead duck. at the ducks feet you can see one more pup sniffing at the duck. All of these can be considered physical movement. Along with the movement of the dandelion seeds in the wind, the grass moving as the foxes play, and the feathers of the dead duck fluttering in the wind.