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

Untitled, Diptych

Untitled From The Durero Series

Tira't a la piscina

Le petit Chaperaun rouge (2)

Hamlet

Le petit Chaperaun rouge

C'est la pipe d'Albert

C'est la pipe de Sigmund

C'est la pipe d'Ernest

C'est la pipe de Pau

Flor de neu

Untitled

Untitled Diptych. From The Durero Series

Par-dessus les montagnes - ocre

Les gosses de la plage

Culture physique

Le téléphérique - orange rose

Jeu de raquettes

Culture Physique - Bleu Orange

Le Corps Déchiré

Disparition

Figure 3

Porteur

Le Retournement

Sans Titre

Sans Titre

Sans Titre

Air & Dreams

Museo 154925

Minimalista 011021

Africa 118119

Vaso 829201

Untitled - OL3.96

Untitled - OL3.17

Rachet Red

R/Y/B

OW1.08

The rosegarden

Wood

IA

UFI

Red glow

Lady on the sofa 2

Balance Series #12

Les Roches Blanches

Joie

L'aviron

Jeux de plage

Vers les cimes

Autorretrato

Maximilianus

Xampany

Pattern 3 print

Don’t fly away

Southern winds

Finestra 188770

Europa. From the Cartographies series

Love

Planisferio, Europa and Asia Triptych, From the Cartographies series

Planisferio and Asia Diptych. From the Cartographies series

Hand Embroidery Triptych From the series Anatomy

Geisha III, II and I. From The Piranesi Series

Geisha II. From The Piranesi Series

Need to reconnect with reality print

Nuage

Untitled. From the Durero series