Sidney Goodman

The Elements-Water

Art Review

• Describe The Facts: This artist uses many different lines all over this painting. He uses lines that go way up to where the sky would be located and also uses lines on the bottom of the painting where the ocean would be. He also uses many different lines that have a swirling affect. This swirling affect really catches your attention and shows the many different textures that water has.


• Analysis: There are many different values of gray. There are a lot of dark colors in this picture: black, gray. But there are also some white blended in; therefore, there is a good contrast between the black and white.


• Interpretation: I believe this painting is showing the violence waves and water can consist of. By having water shooting up and spraying all over the "sky" and the water being a little more calming below shows the different emotions water can have. In this painting I think the overall belief is that water is so unpredictable.


• Judgement: I like this painting. I like how it catches my attention. It reminds me of a storm; storms are very unpredictable as well as water. I like how this artist makes you think that everything is so unpredictable.