What Is Madeline Bryan's Narrative About Flowerss?

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The artwork created by Madeline Bryan is a narrative about flowers. Each art piece consists of one flower, full of colors. Although each picture comprises of one flower and tells a narrative, individually the pictures represent a different balance type. For example, the yellow flower with out the stem, you can tell the artist is using radial symmetry; that is because you are viewing the flower from up above. On the other hand, the branch with the flowers is a representation of asymmetry; which is due to the lack of symmetry in the art. Though each of the four pictures contains a different flower and different balance type, the narrative is clearly heard. In each of the pictures my eye is drawn to the middle of the flowers. Although the

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