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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Swathes of Color

Arbre corall

Jeux de Plage

San Francisco Bay, lithographie originale

Untitled 6 (JF 22)

Untitled 5 (JF 22)

Pink Over & Under

Dip

Untitled 3 (JF 24)

Untitled 2 (JF 23)

Blush

Bellesa interior IX

Les déchirées, "la guingampaise"

Sans-titre

Stetsons, gravure originale

America del Sur and Africa, Diptych

Shanghai- Nocturne

Balance Series #5

Balance Series #8

Walls & Façades Series #10

Walls & Façades Series #11

Arc de Bará. Tarragona

Forum. Tarragona

S/T 4

S/T 5

S/T 6

Sin título

C'est la pipe de Julio

C'est la pipe de Jean-Paul

El corall femení

Volley

Ice Blossoms

Flutter

P5.15

Effloresce

P3.15

P3.13

P1.13

P1.14

Red carpet

Série : dans nos draps

L'amour se noie

A l'aube aux doigts roses dans notre champ de lavande

Sensations

Les coquelicots

Untitled

Untitled. From The Durero Series

Sans titre

Deux skieuses - jaune

Salutation au soleil - rose jaune

Deux skieuses - bleu

Le Plongeoir – bleu corail

Souvenir d’Été – bleu corail

Souvenir d’Été – jaune

Ballon de basket-ball

Flore

Le Ravissement

Who’s Afraid of Yellow and Red

Home 861827 (Grand Format)

Untitled From The Durero Series

Untitled. From The Durero Series

Revolt

Untitled - OL1.96

Hommage aux tirailleurs

Blood Cells

Autorretrato

Abstract triptyque