Spirit Space

The ripples on the water are done incredibly well. They have texture and reflect the back mountains, the boat, and fisherman. Nice Homer, naice. You can't see the source of light at first and there are also no shadows that identify anything plus the sky is pretty gray. But, if you look at the water, you can see the reflection of the sun in the bottom right corner. What's weird is the sky about two thirds of the way up. it seems to mirror itself.

The Red Canoe by Winslow Homer, 1889. No website would give me the medium (apparently MET has better things do upload), presumably oil on canvas, 18 x 25
Here's Winnie:

Powa' and Authoritay

This painting has two balanced focal points: the tree thing in the lower right and the mountain in the upper left. Purple skies and light blue clouds gives this painting a cool color scale. Plus the mountains are brown; my old art teacher at kenmore had a Thomas Moran poster that said MOUNTAINS ARE NOT BROWN. This is a landscape painting.
This one was done by thomas moran (Index Peak, Yellowstone National Park, 1914, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 1/4 inches). Tommy looks like this:

Narrative Art: The Post

This painting is very "blue centred." Apart form the ocean, there is blue in the sand, blue in the shadows of the house and the sails. The focal point, the sails on the boat, is the centre of the drawing because it is the biggest thing that is the least blue. However, the dark blue and purple, used in the water to give depth, also direct you eye off the left side of the painting which may indicate that the boat is traveling around the island.


This painting is called The Long Leg by edward hopper. His usual media is oil on canvas. Here's a picture of ol' Ed: