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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Cactus, lithographie originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 90 x 76 x 0.5 cm Print - 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,040
L'horizon n'est qu'une illusion où se construisent les mirages.
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
$1,734
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Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Codes esthétiques 0373
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Photography - 60 x 45 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 inch
$925
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Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,312
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Sculpture - 332 x 308.9 x 1 cm Sculpture - 130.7 x 121.6 x 0.4 inch
$25,000
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$2,096
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Painting - 152 x 128 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 50.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,292
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Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 1 inch
$2,200
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Aude Herlédan
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 60 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$10,981
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Sandra Paris
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 18 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$207
Perceptible Changes Over Time
Jessica Houston
Print - 56 x 84 x 2 cm Print - 22 x 33.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,000
Le Bateleur (The Magician)
Konstantin Kornakov
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 inch
$385
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Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$555
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Jessica Houston
Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,468
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Sculpture - 99.1 x 38.1 x 29.2 cm Sculpture - 39 x 15 x 11.5 inch
$6,400
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Jessica Houston
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618
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Marie Labat
Sculpture - 27 x 27 x 27 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 10.6 x 10.6 inch
$439
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Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 31 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,017
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Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,543 $2,289
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Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,098
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Painting - 90 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,543
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Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 32 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch
$925
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Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$925
Wege von Dresden 1
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$925
Frame me not
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 26 x 26 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.2 x 10.2 x 0 inch
$925
