Critical Research #3 Zakir Hussain
Title of Work: Creativity
Artist Name: Nadine Rippelmeyer
Size: 14.000 x 11.000 x 1.000 inches
Medium: Painting - Mixed Media
Year: Not Available
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In this painting I see a variety of lines, some thick and some thin. Their purpose in this piece is to give form to the focal point, which is the red shape in the upper right hand corner. Waves of a “fire” appear to leak out of this focal point with colors of yellow, orange and red and eventually fade back into the canvas due to a lack of value. Although it may not take up the majority of the space it still attracts attention through the value in the color. The majority of the canvas that is taking up by the lightly valued colors appears to have a nice and smooth texture, whereas its counter part which is the heavily valued areas appears to have a gritty and bumpy texture to it. In relation this texture gives form to that selected area by producing a shadow on the piece.