Lanyon: Contemporary Art Analysis
In 1998, Lanyon created an acrylic on canvas named, ‘’The Great Heart’’. The contemporary artwork measures 44’’ by 52’’. Colors used throughout the painting are, a bright, vibrant red-orange, golden yellow, dull burgundy/brown and bits of highly pigmented red. Plant forms used in the art are beautiful, and realistic as they resemble real life flowers and leaves. The wheel with loose-looking tubes and ropes, appear to symbolize and/or describe something magical, or imaginative. There is a brown wheel with tubes and ropes, which throws me off a little.