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Elizabeth Angelozi did this painting. This painting has been done using acrylic on linen and measures 17 by 19 inches (Frank and Sacco). In this painting, there are pink carnations, with green stems and are hanging in the air or are baseless. The pink color of the flowers is bright while the foreground color is a subdued brown. The background color ranges from a smudgy yellow to a light green. The shape of the painting is asymmetrical, and the texture of the flowers, foreground, and background is rough.

In Angelozi's painting, there is a bunch of pink carnations with green stems. The landscape of the painting is indoors because there is no source of light, and the bunch has been suspended in the air. The color of the background is light green with some elements of yellow, and it creates an illusion of a light-source. The orange and green colors are very intense. The colors of the carnations contrast with the subdued brown color that is in the foreground and is acting as a "base" to the carnations. The lines of the painting are well defined.

 

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Although the flowers are asymmetrical, the artist has tried to create an element of balance by placing them almost at the middle of the painting, and through the mixing of intense and dark colors. This makes the flowers to stand out clearly in the painting. The artist uses a variety of colors to make the painting beautiful and reduce a sense of monotony (Buster and Crawford 31). The viewer is looking at the flowers from a distance thus their medium size. This brings the effect of realism generated by the painting.

As I look at this piece of art, my eyes tend to drift to the area below the stems. It is as if am looking for a base but, they keep coming back to the pink flowers, which is the focal point (Pepperell 59). The green and pink colors are extremely intense and saturated and look natural. This is what makes the eyes go back to the flowers. If the brown "base" or light green color of the background were strong, then the focal point of the painting would have been weakened. The outcome would be a less balanced painting.

The fact that these flowers are hanging in the air is ambiguous. It tends to create a feeling of idealism. In addition, the flowers are large and do not give the viewer a sense of proportion. The painting is two-dimensional, and it clearly lacks depth (Pepperell 66). If it had a source of light or a shadow, it would have had looked three-dimensional. This paining is bizarre since it is two-dimensional, hanging, and without light (Drago).

This painting does not generate feelings of happiness or sadness in me. The colors of the flowers are bright and seem natural. Lack of harmony of all the colors in the painting confuses me. In addition to that, the rough texture, lack of light, asymmetry, and base generate curiosity on the location of the flowers and the motive of the artist. At the same time, the painting's lacks of light, texture, asymmetries, and the intense cool colors, make it beautiful.

I think that Angelozi found some cut flowers and painted them. The lack of base for the flowers symbolizes the lifelessness those cut flowers posses (Chelsey). The viewer is supposed to feel the lifelessness of the flowers and very few pieces of art generate this feeling. This is what is real about this painting. The suspense it generates, the symbolism makes it unique and captivating. I like the theme of beauty in lifelessness that has been exhibited by the flowers. The lack of light and base or support, lifelessness theme, makes the painting bizarre and bad (Boddy-Evans). The flowers give a false impression of being independent and yet they are baseless. Since it does not generate any emotions makes it unreal and is baseless.