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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Sans Titre No.6

Sans titre No.2

Jump ball

The guardian

El Mago.

Ou le vent nous enmène ?

Reading in a skyscrapper

Froissé, abimé

Le langage de l'amour #3

Se connecter à la réalité

Jardin d'Eden

V (Abstract painting)

Les rêveries solitaires

Daffodils, Paint jacking

The end of the storm

P4.15

Constellation of Grief

Mouvement hypnotique

Honey Cream Violet Ink

Formscape no. 53

Formscape no. 55

Formscape no. 58

Formscape no. 59

Formscape no. 37

Formscape no. 38

Formscape no. 39

Formscape no. 45

Formscape no. 46

Formscape no. 34

Walls & Façades Series #8

La diagonale du fou

Quiver

Ride or Die

Bookmobile

Untitled Triptych, From the series Books

Untitled Triptych. From the series Partituras

Untitled Diptych

Untitled Diptych

Untitled Diptych, Hand Embroidery on paper

Les oiseaux migrateurs

Arbre corall

Jeux de Plage

Untitled 6 (JF 22)

Untitled 5 (JF 22)

Pink Over & Under

Dip

Untitled 3 (JF 24)

Untitled 2 (JF 23)

Blush

Bellesa interior IX

Sans-titre

America del Sur and Africa, Diptych

Untitled Diptych. From The Durero Series

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