Still life
with Waratahs
The artwork ‘Still
life with Waratahs’ is by Margret Preston who is from Australia and from
the modernism movement. The painting its self is 190cm x 89.5cm and is an oil
on canvas.
This artwork is a painting that has a large vibrant
vase, in the vase is a large selection of big, red waratahs with vivacious
leaves on an off white/cream sheet. The artwork also features large red
detailed waratahs with green leaves spilling out behind them. The flowers are
in a brown and green glossy vase. Also on the base of the painting there are a
few leaves and flower that litter the base to give the white more color. The
flowers and vase take up most of the room in the painting, and the axis of the
artwork is mostly vertical. The lines are mostly all curved with some sharp
edges to contradict and the tone is quite light. The sheet in the background is
textured, the flowers and leaves look quite real. The flowers are all very
balanced and similar but not symmetrical and repeated.
Red and green are used mostly in the flowers
themselves and white/cream colors in the background. The vase is much smaller
in comparison to the burst of flowers above it. There is a window behind the
flowers letting light into the picture. The vase also appears to be sitting on
a stand with a rumpled sheet over it.
This artwork is about having time to appreciate
seemingly unimportant things that are beautiful. This painting is different
because it has only one type of flower and leaf but each individual flower/leaf
is different in size and/or textures.
The idea of the painting is that people need to appreciate
smaller, less significant things. This is expressed by simply having a vase and
flowers not any people or other things blocking the view of the flowers and it’s
only decorated by texture. This is to draw your attention to the subject of the
painting- the flowers. Waratahs were chosen because they are quite large and
come in many different colors and also native to Australia, which is where the
artist- Margret Preston is from. The window in the background symbolizes light
on top of the flowers to help them prosper and grow.
I like this artwork because it is very well done and
has a good message. This artwork should be put in a museum because more people
need to see and appreciate this artwork.
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