Swathes of Color
It isn't surprising that the word swathe is also used to describe broad strips of countryside, or rows of corn. How to depict a vastness of a vista filled with color, without being limited to painstakingly recreate every detail, has aided in shifting certain styles of painting. Typically associated with the looser brushstrokes of the Impressionists,large swathes of color also found a home in modern abstract art during the first half of the 20th century. In the color theory of art, color is used to evoke emotion by artists within compositions, aiding expression. But in abstract art, color is used in its most simplistic form. Thus painting with swathes of color can emote a sense of freedom, of celebrating color at its very best, in abundance. In Artsper's own selection of works, Marie Labat focuses on the relationship between man and nature in her landscapes, using color to depict the Atlantic Pyrenees. Whilst Nick Tidnam works with a studio that opens up into a garden in order to consistently be affronted by nature. It may seem futile to attempt to limit the vastness of a landscape to a canvas, but such artists know that the ability to do so lies in the use of color…
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Les déchirées, Diriaou
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,788
Passages #812
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,788
Untitled III & II Diptych, Hand Embroidery on printed cloth
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 119.9 x 199.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
V (Abstract painting)
Anya Spielman
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1 inch
$3,245
Untitled Triptych, From the series Books
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 18.8 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.4 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Untitled Triptych. From the series Partituras
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 95.8 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37.7 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$2,360
Untitled Diptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 34.8 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled Diptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 34.8 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
Untitled Diptych, Hand Embroidery on paper
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 49.8 x 35.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 14.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,800
Composition, Gravure en relief signée
Max Papart
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$596
Composition gravure en relief signée
Max Papart
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.02 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$596
Walls & Façades Series #8
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,117
Cinéma, lithographie originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 31 x 47 x 0.05 cm Print - 12.2 x 18.5 x 0 inch
$417
Home 861827 (Grand Format)
Tamara Bellarte
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$595
Les patineuses - orange
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$584
America del Sur and Africa, Diptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 129.8 x 193.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51.1 x 76.3 x 0.1 inch
$7,600
Les déchirées, "la guingampaise"
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,788
San Francisco Bay, lithographie originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 31.5 x 48 x 0.02 cm Print - 12.4 x 18.9 x 0 inch
$453
Finestra sul mare 381286
Tamara Bellarte
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$476
Stetsons, gravure originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 90 x 76 x 1 cm Print - 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
$1,073
Walls & Façades Series #10
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$388
Walls & Façades Series #11
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$388
Untitled. From The Durero Series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 99.8 x 162.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39.3 x 64.1 x 0.1 inch
$5,500
Les coquelicots
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 60 x 78 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 30.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,623
