Henri Matisse's Influence On The Dancing Crabs

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While working on my current artworks, three of the contextual research artists I have chosen (and their art) influenced me in various ways. Firstly, the profound sense of movement and rhythm in John Pipers’ Covehithe Church influenced my “The Dancing Crabs”. The colour and mood of Henri Matisse’s “The Goldfish” as well as his views and opinion on art influenced both my “Spoonbills” and “The Dancing Crabs” in different ways, and lastly, Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” influenced the atmosphere and colour in “Fireplace” and the sense of movement in “The Dancing Crabs”. For my current artwork, “The Dancing Crabs”, I looked at John Piper’s expressionistic style; this influenced the sense of movement of the underwater scene in my “The dancing Crabs”, …show more content…

The mediums are not very similar, oil on canvas versus inks and dyes on brown paper, but both mediums contribute to the style and colour of the paintings. This drawing of mine also reflects the above-mentioned quote, as it depicts one of my ultimate scenes of comfort, a view into a life of graceful, carefree birds, similar to the contentment and pleasure that Matisse’s vivid goldfish and tranquil plants portray. The atmosphere and mood in the “Spoonbills” are influenced by this panting and its style: calm and tranquil , yet with exaggerated colour and …show more content…

I wanted the drawing to feel as if time had stopped, that a photograph was taken of the two ridiculous birds in their wading, so that even if they died in real life, they would live forever in my drawing. However, I still wanted a sense of movement to be present, which is reflected by Van Gogh’s cosmic, gyrating sky. I wanted the breeze from the sea to be felt when you looked at the painting. In “The Starry Night” the patterned sky gives an indication of temperature, a quiet coolness, which influenced my need to portray heat and comfort. The blue in the vast, cosmic sky seems large and cold, but the yellows in the stars as well as the glow from the windows in the town creates a soft warmth that I wanted to capture in the textured feathery bodies of the

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