The Colors of Nature (Marquez Griffin)

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This gallery will showcase many of the colors in nature, through paintings and photographs. I will describe the language of color that the artist used to express emotions, and creativity. I will explore different aspects of nature and discuss the meaning behind the beauty of nature, and the message that nature speaks.

Study of Pink Hollyhocks in Sunlight, from Nature, John La Farge, 1879, From the collection of: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
The Study of Pink Hollyhocks in Sunlight, from Nature, depicts the artist interest in color by using watercolors and light in a landscape portrait. The floral design in the painting expresses the artist love for Japanese art. The bright watercolors in this portrait relate to the natural color of green and sunlight in nature.
Gyotaku Print - Flounder 'Daylights', Eric Hochberg, 1985, From the collection of: Museums Victoria
The Gyotaku Print - Flounder 'Daylights' describes the traditional Japanese printing technique called, Gyotaku. The artist uses colors in paper and cloth ink to express the abstract character in nature. The fish in the portrait illustrates the natural element of texture in nature. The color of the fish is eye-catching and is one of the most attractive animals to watch in nature.
An Artist Studying from Nature, Claude Lorrain (French, b.1604, d.1682), 1639, From the collection of: Cincinnati Art Museum
An Artist Studying from Nature depicts the artist imaginary harbor surrounded by a large tree, building, and glowing light. The painting expresses the beautiful aspect of nature and creates a real visual of someone studying from nature. The trees, the sky, and the people in the painting describes the real ideal of nature and its colors.
The Memory of Nature, Suk, Chul Joo, 2009, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association
The Memory of Nature is a western painting illustrating yellow wild grass on a golden field. The painting is covered with real yellow acrylics on the surface of the canvas. The art flows perfectly with the theme, “The Colors of Nature” because the yellow wild grass covers the canvas expressing the real concept of nature.
Stilleven/Nature posing, Marzia Migliora, 2015, From the collection of: Italy - Biennale Arte 2015
Stilleven/Nature Posing is a photograph illustrating the poetic energy of nature. It’s not a photograph of nature by itself because the environment of nature from the artist father's farmstead is reflected in a mirror. The bright color yellow relates to the natural sunlight in nature. The photo is a visual picture of nature reflecting back to human nature.
The Candlestick depicts the artist passion for patterns and texture. The pattern and texture is symbolic to nature because the elements of nature contain texture and patterns. The flower pattern in the cloth of the painting describes nature. The beautiful colors of blue, pink, and brown reflect the beauty and color of nature.
Adventure of Earth/Reverence (Bear) /Firebird/Reverence, Mizutani Atsushi, 2010, From the collection of: Fubon Art Foundation
Adventure of Earth/Reverence (Bear) / Firebird/Reverence describes Mother Nature and the elements of nature. The medium is a real color leaf, mineral pigment, and color pencil in the photograph. Humans every day life is busy but the photograph depicts our desire for a calm relax environment of nature. It’s a make believe scene that describes the real mood of nature and its colors.
Young Woman in a Landscape, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1915 - 1919, From the collection of: Huntington Museum of Art
Young Woman in a Landscape is a brushed landscape painting, and it depicts a woman seated reading in nature. The artist painted the women in the natural colors of nature illustrating her oneness with the surroundings of nature. The artist uses the bright colors of yellow, red, green and brown to create a visual design of nature colors.
Winter Landscape with Bird-trap, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1631, From the collection of: Brukenthal National Museum
Winter Landscape with Bird-trap is a well-known painting depicting rural life in the 16th century and the time of the painting describes winter. The artist paints the life of a peasant in the wintertime of the 16th century. The artist uses natural colors of brown, white, green, and blue to illustrate real life in nature.
Landscape at Champrosay, Eugène Delacroix, circa 1849, From the collection of: MuMa - Musée d'art moderne André Malraux
The Landscape at Champrosay is a water colored painting depicting the artist passion and curiosity for nature. The landscape painting describes a forest on the outskirts of Paris. The painting is a real painting of what the artist saw and felt. He uses dark green, and dark brown colors to capture the real visual effect of the forest. The colors in the artist painting express the true mood of a forest in nature.
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