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Les gilets oranges 03
Konstantin Kornakov
Print - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€200
Les gilets oranges 01
Konstantin Kornakov
Print - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€200
Les gilets oranges 02
Konstantin Kornakov
Print - 20 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€200
A life attuned to larger rhythms
Jessica Houston
Photography - 53.3 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 21 x 33 x 1 inch
€2,700
The forward march loses ground
Jessica Houston
Photography - 53.3 x 83.8 x 2.5 cm Photography - 21 x 33 x 1 inch
€2,700
Soleil, graine et reine des prés
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480
Linge volant et arum
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480
Porter un seau à deux mains
Marie Labat
Design - 90 x 90 x 0.1 cm Design - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€290
Ville, cultures, forêt et églantine
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480
Danse et coquelicot
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480
Jeune chêne et cardamine
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480
Les bras chargés et oseille des prés
Marie Labat
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480
Think big keep it low luck will come
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 55 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€200
A Big Little Dream
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Cuerpo Humano. From the Anatomy series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 181.9 x 126 x 0.3 cm Painting - 71.6 x 49.6 x 0.1 inch
€3,678
Take me to the Clouds
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 70 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Something About Temptation
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Me and my Shadows
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 109 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 42.9 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€4,000
Pipe inspection
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 150 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
PornographiX 3 (S'Expérience)
Nagsoul
Photography - 17 x 27 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.7 x 10.6 x 0 inch
€500
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…