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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Untitled III. From the Durero series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 119.9 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
T'as eu ce que t'as eu
Petrus Von Tricht
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,312
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Benna Chu (Meylan)
Painting - 152 x 128 x 2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 50.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,292
Reason (clipping series - understand)
Kotaro Machiyama
Painting - 72.7 x 60.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 28.6 x 23.9 x 1 inch
$2,200
Femme au regard au-dessus de son épaule
Sandra Paris
Painting - 51 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$416
Les lumières de ma vie
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 46 x 55 x 3 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,543 $2,289
Urban friends on week end, Série Chat-mouflage
Nagsoul
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,098
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Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 90 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,543
Macanudo. From the Durero series
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 109.2 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 43 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$2,900
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Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 27.9 x 22.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11 x 9 x 0.1 inch
$750
L'Été sera chaud
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,623
A l'ombre des pins
Valérie Betoulaud
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,201
Untitled, From the series Anatomías
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 129.5 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Deconstructed Tulip Genus
Anya Spielman
Painting - 15.2 x 15.2 x 5.7 cm Painting - 6 x 6 x 2.2 inch
$1,853
Hidden street cat, série Chat-mouflage
Nagsoul
Painting - 30 x 40 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 inch
$1,156
Les Villes Intérieures 2/9
Daniel Cayo
Painting - 75 x 25 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch
$925
Les Villes Intérieures 1/9
Daniel Cayo
Painting - 75 x 25 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch
$925
Umbilical, El Mago and Naufragos inminentes, Triptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 30 x 74.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 29.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,250
Umbilical and Naufragos inminentes, Diptych
Ana Seggiaro
Painting - 30 x 49.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,500
