Sam+Park

I am a sophomore environmental geology major from Virginia Beach. I am working towards earning my certificate in GIS, which is also where most of my experience with computer software is. My art experience is prior to this class is one semester of art history. I run cross country and track and field for UMW. My artistic interests include watercolors and sand sculpture!


 * Essay:**

The piece that caught my eye in the DuPont Gallery is a non-representational piece of art. The artist uses both gestalt principles and different aspects of color theory to draw attention to the piece. Two primary colors, red and blue are used. There is also some orange, the compliment of blue, which really makes the colors pop. However, the colors are muted and different t tints are used which mollifies the sharp contrast of the compliments. Since warm colors seem to push to the front of a piece in our minds, this color scheme helps to create a figure ground effect within the figures. There is more red in the figure which makes it seem as if it should be the background, but since it is a warm color it can also be viewed as the foreground. Another gestalt principle, continuation is present as well. The artist has made a particularly interesting connection using the tint of orange in the background and the red in the figure. Proximity is also used in this work. The loops of the figure are all together in a cluster in the middle of the canvas. The loops themselves demonstrate similarity since they all have the same general shape and amount of blue in them. This piece is also well balanced. The larger loop of the figure on the right side balances the smaller loops on the left. Therefore it has an asymmetrical balance as opposed to symmetrical. The scale and proportion of the loops add to the balance of the work. At first glance the piece seems simple, but after a closer analysis it is clear how much work the artist put into the design.

__**Gesture Sketches:**__









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__**Color:**__

Monochromatic The women's locker room is a good example of a monochromatic color scheme. All of the lockers, walls and floor are variations of a blue green color.

This tissue package uses a monochromatic color pallete made up of shades and tints of green.

Analogous: This picture of a sunset over a horizon from a travel brochure is an example of an analogous color scheme. The colors used are red, red- orange, orange, yellow orange, and yellow.

I thought this picture from the campus construction was an interesting real world example of an analogous color scheme. The colors are red in the dumpster, orange in the road block and cone, and yellow in the caution tape.

Complimentary: My shoe shows complimentary colors blue and orange. The compliments make each other stand out.

My shirts are examples of complimentary colors blue and orange.

Split Complimentary: The magenta color and the green and yellow colors are split complimentary.

The handles of these utensils are split complimentary.


 * Gestalt Psychology:**

Closure. The burners on the stove top are examples of closure. Even though the kettle blocks off part of the circle, you can still envision the completed circle.

Proximity. The cans and the salt shakers illustrate proximity. The eye is drawn to these objects and we assume that the two cans are two parts to a whole.



Similarity. The chocolate chip cookies demonstrate similarity. Even though the individual cookies are different, the viewer groups them together since they have common traits.

Figure Ground. The wet roadway shows figure ground. The darker, wet asphalt seems separate in comparison to the dry, lighter roadway.

Continuation. The rods in this bookshelf exemplify continuation since the draw the eye along the lines of the shelf.