Art Analysis: Night Forage By Jane Barrow

PAPER ASSIGNMENT #1—ART EXHIBITION
I have only been to an art gallery/show maybe less than five times in my life. However, the few times I did visit my mind was in awe due of all the magnificent pieces. From an art show in a park to the Louvre in Paris I always managed to find several pieces I absolutely loved. Sadly, I feel as if I might have set my expectations too high, as I had imagined there to be more pieces in this exhibition. I also wished that the exhibit would have been more harmonious but it being different pieces from many artist I understood as to why everything was a little scattered. I find myself drawn to pieces that tend to be bigger and brighter and I did not really find that piece. That is not to say I did not find other eye-catching works of art.
While wondering around trying to find something like shapes that held within them three different objects. I believe this sculpture to be along the lines of spatial media as it leaned more along the lines of a
Night Forage was made using “Oil on Panel.” I really like the analogous colors, such as, the cool blue she used in the sky as well as the dark greens and browns she used to portray the grass. The colors she used were also local colors and represented what we usually associate the sky and field of grass to look like. The lines she used were very whimsical. The texture used in the piece was also intriguing and kept the picture from being “bland.” Something that caught my eye and confused me a little was the right side of the oil painting. There is a clear vertical line that divides the picture. It is only about 1/10 of the picture though that it is shaded green and it doesn’t make any sense to me. This little piece of the picture makes me wonder if somehow this was a mistake and not intentional for her artwork. However, for the most part I find the piece to be harmonious rather than