Jelene Morris' art is contemporary pop art. Her art pieces are all very colorful and abstract. The picture that I included in this blog is an unititled piece by Jelene Morris. Personally, when I first saw this piece of art, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. The painting seems almost like a young child painted it, not only because of the simple lines and figures that are the characters, but because of the randomness of the images. In this painting alone, there is an elephant, a whale with a beret, a Campbell’s soup can, a cup, what looks like an octopus, a goldfish, and other unrecognizable shapes, all with faces. As I began to scroll through the thumbnails of Jelene’s paintings however, I began to like them. They are completely different than any other artwork that I’ve seen. Her artwork has an effect on your mood, making you smile without even realizing it. The bright colors and the randomness of the objects in the painting really make it a piece that you can’t just look at once and forget about it. You want to try to figure out what each object is and what significance it has in the piece. After researching the artist a little bit, I realized that the images that she paints really aren’t all that random. Jelene Morris’ paintings are all based on cartoon characters and some are based on her actual pets, including her dogs and her goldfish. I think that this brings a personal aspect into her art that proves that there are still artists in the world that love what they do and aren't just in it for money and fame, as Robert Hughes believes.
-Steph
No comments:
Post a Comment