Blair+Gruendl

My name is Blair, I am an undeclared major freshman.
 * [[image:Gruendl_Split Complimentary 1.jpg width="520" caption="Split Complimentary"]][[image:umwdesign/Gruendl_Split Complimentary 2.jpg width="288" caption="Split Complimentary"]][[image:Gruendl_Mono 1.jpg width="293" caption="Mono"]][[image:Gruendl_ Mono 2.jpg width="279" caption="Mono"]][[image:Gruendl_Analogus 1.jpg width="298" caption="Analogus"]][[image:Gruendl_Complimentary 1.jpg width="298" caption="Complimentary"]][[image:Gruendl_Complimentary 2.jpg width="294" caption="Complimentary"]][[image:umwdesign/Gesture_4_BG.JPG width="343" height="258" caption="Gesture"]][[image:Gesture_2_BG.JPG width="264" height="350" caption="Gesture"]][[image:art 105 001.JPG width="288" height="379" caption="Gesture"]][[image:umwdesign/Contour_4_BG.JPG width="245" height="325" caption="Contour"]][[image:Contour_2_BG.jpg width="324" height="336" caption="Contour"]][[image:Contour_3_BG.JPG width="436" height="328" caption="Contour"]][[image:Contour_1_BG.jpg width="324" height="390" caption="Contour"]] The piece I choose is Untitled by Peter Acheson. His use of a bright white on top of a dark red is what originally drew my attention to the piece. Red is a color that stimulates the mind and the use of the bright white and a dark red creates a push-pull effect. Usually a warm color like red would advance forward and a cool color like white would recede but in this piece the white is pushed forward by the contrast of the dark background. Looking at the piece one of the gestalt principles used is continuation of the red lines as the white figures appear to be covering part of them up. There are also implied shapes formed by the red lines against the grey wood background. Painting on grey wood was a nice touch to the piece adding in more lines in the background almost pushing the red lines forward. The one thing that could possibly be changed would be the solid red at the bottom. Over all the piece flows together well with the minimal amount of colors used and the techniques used to create it.
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