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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Shanghai-La rue de la soie
Tony Soulié
Print - 90 x 74 x 1 cm Print - 35.4 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
CHF 879
London, lithograpie originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 90 x 76 x 0.5 cm Print - 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.2 inch
CHF 879
Les oiseaux migrateurs
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,562
Circus II, aquagravure originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 74 x 55 x 1 cm Print - 29.1 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 879
Passages #812
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,465
Reading in a skyscrapper
Jordi Sàbat
Painting - 30 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2 inch
CHF 635
Réaumur Sébastopol
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 inch
CHF 977
The End / The End
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 15.7 inch
CHF 1,172
Les déchirées, tout va bien
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
CHF 879
Les déchirées, Diriaou
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
CHF 1,465
Les déchirées, B-Side
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
CHF 1,465
V (Abstract painting)
Anya Spielman
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1 inch
CHF 2,668
Daffodils, Paint jacking
Nagsoul
Painting - 46 x 35 x 1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,172
The end of the storm
Nora Ampova
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
CHF 586
A l'aube aux doigts roses dans notre champ de lavande
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 39 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,930
Formscape no. 53
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,740
Formscape no. 55
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,102
Formscape no. 58
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,334
Formscape no. 59
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,334
Formscape no. 37
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,334
Formscape no. 38
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,334
Formscape no. 39
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
CHF 1,334
Formscape no. 45
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,102
Formscape no. 46
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,102
Formscape no. 34
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,334
Ballon de basket-ball
Nathanael Koffi
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
CHF 586
Walls & Façades Series #8
Lana Matsuyama
Painting - 200 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
CHF 1,740
Les skieurs - orange
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 479
Cinéma, lithographie originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 31 x 47 x 0.05 cm Print - 12.2 x 18.5 x 0 inch
CHF 342
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
CHF 1,584
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
CHF 2,077
Untitled Diptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 34.8 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,320
Untitled Diptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 34.8 x 59.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,320
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
CHF 1,584
Les patineuses - orange
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 479
Les patineuses - bleue
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 479
Abstract triptyque
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 80 x 63 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 24.8 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,246
Jeux de Plage
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 48 x 55 x 1 cm Painting - 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,318
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
CHF 371
Pink Over & Under
Jean Feinberg
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.18 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.3 inch
CHF 3,305
Untitled 3 (JF 24)
Jean Feinberg
Painting - 61 x 122 x 3.18 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.3 inch
CHF 3,595
Untitled 2 (JF 23)
Jean Feinberg
Painting - 61 x 122 x 3.18 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 1.3 inch
CHF 3,595
Les déchirées, "la guingampaise"
Nagsoul
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
CHF 1,465
Stetsons, gravure originale
Tony Soulié
Print - 90 x 76 x 1 cm Print - 35.4 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
CHF 879
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
CHF 6,689
Untitled Diptych. From The Durero Series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 80 x 239.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 94.4 x 0.1 inch
CHF 6,689
When two bodies lie
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,441