Art Exhibition

       

The artist here has managed to portray the fragility of possession by using materials that can be easily broken. Their work shows the fragility of the dress as well as the emotions that are represented by the possession itself. To further enhance the piece of work, the artist should use more mediums to create delicate patterns on the dress.

I like how the artist has piled up her work here. Her use of symbolism is also powerful; poppies are commonly represented with World War and she piles up her pieces to hint how the bodies of fallen soldiers and victims were just as piled up, not given a decent farewell send off after their struggle in midst of the front ones. She left the background white, which makes the poppy feel pure and untainted but at the same time the poppy's rich colour of red creates a spiral of blood spilled by the fallen soldiers.

In this piece, I believe that the artist was more keen on creating a texture. The use of acrylic paint with various sizes of strokes beings to create an image of a coarse texture, of the shells. The shell drawing is very translucent since the focus was more on the vibrant colours rather than the observation study of shells.If the artist had used white medium to sketch the shells, the coarse texture would still be the main focus but the shell will be easier to distinguish and the white colour would suit well with the peachy colour than black.