Daniel+Sheehy+Fall+2013

**Name:** Daniel Sheehy **Year/ Major:** Second year psychology major **Computer/ software skills:** Moderate familiarity with Microsoft Office.

** Experience with Art: ** First art class, although I have done some very basic sketching.
 * Interesting fact: **I'm very well traveled, and spent a small portion of my life living in Tokyo, Japan.
 * Artistic Interest:** I'm very interested in sketching, and I eventually want to learn more about surrealism.

The Elephants, one of my favorite works by Dali

Salvador Dali, my favorite artist, with his pet Anteater.

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=ART REVIEW ESSAY:=

Daniel Sheehy 11/3/2013 Art review Paper This work employs a multitude of strategies to draw attention in the viewer. The first practice that I noticed was the use of Gestalt principles. The continuation of lines between the pale blue figure and the orange seems to lead the eye in a kind of “figure eight” pattern between the two figures, and allowed for the smooth transition from one side to another. and the use of lines keeps the figures looking crisp and deliberate. I also noticed the implied triangle shape in-between the two figures at the bottom-center of the work, as well as the repeated triangular shapes within the entirety of the work. In terms of color, I noticed the use of analogous colors in the background/foreground of the painting on the right. I thought this to really create a very warm and advancing aesthetic, while the small hints of green helped it stand out more in terms of contrast, which I believed to help the reds and oranges further advance. In relation to the two paintings, I found the use of complimentary colors (the orange and light blue) to work very well in making the foregrounds and backgrounds shift from one side to the other, creating a greater level of complexity. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> In conclusion, this work incorporates, and relies on the use of basic gestalt principles, such as line continuation and repetition of shapes to create a more complex and nuanced form. In conjunction with this, the work uses the analogous and complimentary color schemes to both contrast with its apparent sides, and to more advance or nuance areas within a small portion of the work (such as the greens in relation to the reds).

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