Friday, February 15, 2008

Critique

Green Eye Look
20 x 16 inches – 2003
Acrylic on canvas art board

Michael McDyer was born in 1957 and loves to use color in his paintings. His subject is beauty of human form, nature or color and he uses texture and light to create rich scenes or expressive abstract paintings. Michael was born in Miami, Florida and has lived his whole adult life in the New York metropolitan area. He loves to draw and he is also an avid photographer. His paintings are held in several private collections, also the corporate collections of American Express, and Brooklyn College.
In this painting there is horizontal composition. Also there are horizontal colors that make the eye look sad and a little depressed. The shading is also a big factor in the sadness that overcomes the eye. What really makes the eye itself stand out, is the lines and arches. This eye shows a different way of painting and using certain ways to make one eye ball really stand out.

4 comments:

Tess R. said...

In my opinion, the arcs almost seem to make the eye look angry. Plus the red around and in the eye look like blood, almost like the eye is unrelenting despite it's injury.

Jess L. said...

I love your whole entire blog in general. I laughed out loud at the picture on the side of the unicorn stabbing the bear! HEHE. I also like your picture of the eye even though it is a little sad.

-Jess L.

kayla said...

Your concept is so original its really good. I'm sure you will have a lot of fun with it. I like your critique of the eye it was really good. Its funny because you found the to give off sadness when I thought it gave off anger.

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