Title “Rains” (Acrylic) 90x90cm
The idea behind the painting:-
This painting deals with climate change. It was started during the Brisbane floods of 2011and depicts a watery rainscape with optimism that new life will again return in abundance. One year has past since this disastrous event. Australia is a desert country with weather events such as occasional devastating floods. However, the climate is tending to become more extreme with these weather events occurring more regularly than in the past. These are indications that the earth is becoming out of balance and so humans need to not lose sight of our responsibility in keeping our natural environment healthy.
Artistic techniques to achieve this:-
The composition of this painting is balanced. The predominantly horizontal emphasis suggests the rising levels of water during the flood.
The colours are optimistic but sombre, suggesting the resilience of humanity when faced with adversary, and one year on from this event, this has proved correct.
The point of focus is the red structure. This draws the eye to the horizontal emphasis and the square of the canvas reinforces the balance of the overall image.
This painting conveys an overall feeling of wateriness. The paint has dribbled down the canvas. This vertical dribble is off set by the horizontal emphasis and leads the eye around and down the painting. Also the pink and white colours give a shimmery effect which alludes to the subject title - “Rains”.
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