I started to do some research of how other artist have used the sky as a source of subject. To my surprise other artist had some very interesting ways of abstracting the vast blueness above our heads.
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Georgia O'Keeffe, Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III, 1963, Oil on canvas , 48 x 84", Private Collection, © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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I have been a fan of Goergia O' Keffe's painting for awhile, and I was excited to reintroduce myself to her painting
Sky Above Clouds III/Above the Clouds III . I admire the way that she abstracts nature as if it's communicating a sensation. She has admitted ",the abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint."
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| Wheatfield with Cypresses, 1889, Oil on Canvas, 28 7/8''x 36 3/4'' (73.2x 93.4cm), Vincent Van Gogh, Purchas, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1993 |
Vincent Van Gogh's painting
Wheatfield with Cypresses inspired my paintings in it's texture and boldness of marks. I have been mimicking his impasto style of painting by laying thick layers of color on the canvas.
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| Skyspace, James Turrell, Yorkshire Sculpture Park |
I had a chance to experience James Turrell's Skyspaces when I studied in Philadelphia at the academy PAFA. On a field trip the teacher drove my class out to a meeting house called Chestnut Hill. We arrived an hour before sunset happened. When the performance started we watched as a whole in the ceiling was reviled. The reminder of the ceiling became illuminated with LED lights and they changed colors that complemented the sky as the sunset. I'm impressed with his ability to bring the viewer into reality, and to make that actual moment the piece of art. I'm trying to capture that same idea where the viewers perception of space is present in the here and now.
I'm open to letting my interpretations of the sky to keep evolving. To use my experience as a tool in the creation of my art.
Check out some of my other sky inspiration at my Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/wainwrightmegan/artist-skys/
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www.meganwainwright.com
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