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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Par-dessus les montagnes - ocre
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Les gosses de la plage
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
€2,900
Le téléphérique - orange rose
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Culture Physique - Bleu Orange
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
Les Roches Blanches
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
Vers les cimes
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,500
Southern winds
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 12 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 4.7 x 0 inch
€300
Frivolous afternoon
Nora Ampova
Painting - 70 x 90 x 4.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.8 inch
€2,565 €2,309
Europa. From the Cartographies series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 94 x 132.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37 x 52.3 x 0.1 inch
€3,567
Hand Embroidery Triptych From the series Anatomy
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 129.5 x 270 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51 x 106.3 x 0.1 inch
€7,041
Geisha II. From The Piranesi Series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 165.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 65.3 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
€5,163
Untitled. From the Durero series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 110 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1 inch
€2,347
Métamorphose des fleurs
Arthur Secunda
Print - 118.1 x 72.4 x 0.3 cm Print - 46.5 x 28.5 x 0.1 inch
€1,126
Untitled, from the Anatomias series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 129.5 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51 x 35 x 0.1 inch
€2,347
Untitled - From the Anatomía series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 129.5 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51 x 35 x 0.1 inch
€2,347
Portrait Raté 3
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Portrait raté 2
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Balance Series #9
Lana Matsuyama
Sculpture - 60 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
€6,186
La Gran Bestia Pop. From The Durero Series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 121.9 x 89.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 48 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,286
Toutes à l’eau – rose jaune
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
New York, peinture sur Dibbon
Tony Soulié
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Tokyo by night, peinture sur Dibbon
Tony Soulié
Painting - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
When the rain connect with you
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 43 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 16.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€450
