
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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Ideas in Things (Antarctic Peninsula)
Jessica Houston
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$8,322




The Left Hand Points Toward Home
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Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,468









C'est qui le patron
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Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$207

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Sculpture - 20 x 20 x 25 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 9.8 inch
$289

Montagne, planter une graine
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Sculpture - 23 x 21 x 26 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 8.3 x 10.2 inch
$405



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Print - 70 x 95 x 0.3 cm Print - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.1 inch
$566













The second flight
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Photography - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618

Into Mystery Land
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Photography - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618

Captain Cook’s legacy
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Photography - 50.8 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 14 x 1 inch
$2,196

Henson and Peary - Past entanglements
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

Ghost in the land
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

Footprints
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Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618









Le lutteur mexicain
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Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$207








Capacity to Self-Organize (Thuli site, Arctic)
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Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,468

Enduring Claims (Antarctica)
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Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,468


They surveyed the mountain peak as a philosophical
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Photography - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618

Aerial exploration
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Photography - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618

Launching Strategy
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Photography - 25.4 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 10 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,618

The plume of nationalism
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

Undercurrents
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

Territory over land
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

Geological markers
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

No such border
Jessica Houston
Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196

Architecture of the anthropocene
Jessica Houston
Photography - 50.8 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 14 x 1 inch
$2,196

Taking place
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

Drawing in water
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



Machines sensationnelles
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Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$207







I don't know but i know
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Painting - 100 x 80.3 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.6 x 0 inch
$4,020







Semeuse
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 100 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,271




Sunbeam sport
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Fine Art Drawings - 28.5 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$207

The long haul
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Photography - 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 14 x 20 x 1 inch
$2,196