As I was walking past this piece I took one glance at it and had to come back and take a closer look. It was genius for them to use a wooden frame and incorporating wood gathering creatures in the background. It's almost as if it's a self portrait in a way because of the fact that they themselves got the wooden frame for the piece. The subject matter for this piece was quite interesting but I kind of wish that it had some figure ground relationship or rather an environment for the two beavers to live in. Though it does work without as well because of how the whole piece is entirely made of different tints of brown, so you get a sense of balance and completion through that.
When I walked into the room with these big paintings that had a narrative in each piece I was astonished and inspired to work on a canvas as big as those, when I have the money I intend to do so! What really brought me in was how the figures were made and how it was all laid out, it really reminded me of my own pieces in how I play with where the focus is located. Your eye brings you into the middle of this piece because of the bright texture of the ground in front of the tree and the figure inside of it but at the same time there's such a busy background that you can't help but glance at each figure around it. It gives a sense of tension in a way that confuses the viewer making them think as to what possible narrative could have. Which then makes me think of Cable's pieces where he too makes narrative pieces. Personally I love pieces like this because it gives room for the viewer to create his/her own narrative to the piece making every individuals take on it different.
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