Artist: Jackson Pollock Date: 1947 Link: Reflection of the big dipper

Formal Analysis: The work is random splatters of paint across a canvas. Your eyes are drawn to the center of the painting by the bright blue shape in the center, you then see hints of yellow and orange surrounding the center giving suggestions of an organic form that you can never make out. The contrast of the bright blue, yellow, and orange to the black adds layers of texture to the painting. The black lines are almost straight showing some non organic form to the painting.

Contextual Analysis: During this time abstract and expressionism was starting and Pollock is considered one of the first. He was painting during the depression so he struggled to make money and relied on government programs for funding.

Psychological Analysis: Jackson Pollock continued to strive to gain attention his whole life he never got as a child, from his alcoholic father and his mother who was busy raising his bothers and sisters. He struggled his whole with Alcoholism himself and eventually died because of it. This painting was created during his drip period when he struggled to identify his quality work. He also was struggling to keep his marriage together.

Biography.com Editors.  Jackson Pollock Biography . The Biography.com website, January 28, 2015 , Paul Jackson Pollock Bio. Accessed 26 Feb 2017.

This work makes no sense at all to me, the big dipper is a constellation of stars that looks like a dipper. This painting does not even have a shape of a dipper. Maybe the title ‘reflection of the big dipper’ is referring to something else like the tool he used to create this painting. Maybe he used the biggest dipper he had in his kitchen to scope paint out and fling it at the canvas. I believe this painting is about nothing, it is free form created by the artist with no purpose. I do not like this work because it has no intellectual value. I do not see anything in it.

On the other hand people may find this work interesting because of its free form look. To them they may see the big dipper as Pollock was trying to express it. Maybe the randomness of the lines lets the viewer search and find there own meaning in the painting. Maybe others think this is how Pollock saw the big dipper and they now have insight into the artist mind. This allowed them to view what he felt while looking at the big dipper. My opinion still stands I still dislike this painting I still believe it shows nothing and is just some random paint thrown at a canvas.

Eiffel Tower

1.  Title: The Eiffel Tower Struck by Lightning Artist: Gabriel Loppé Date: 1902 Link: Eiffel Tower 1

The Eiffel Tower Struck by Lightning is an example of Representational imagery because it shows in detail the Eiffel Tower as it stands  which is less Abstract than the next work because of the perspective of the image.

2. Title: Eiffel Tower  Artist: Marcin Stawiarz Date: 2016 Link: Eiffel tower 2

Eiffel tower by Marcin is an example of Representational imagery and is more Abstract than the previous work of art because of  exasperated view causing disproportion of the structure and less Abstract than the next work because of realistic detail and colors. 

3.Title: Magique Eiffel Artist: Kaly Date: 2016 Link: Eiffel Tower 3

Magique Eiffel by Kaly is an example of Abstract imagery and is more Abstract than the previous work of art because of coloring and angles at which the tower is at and less abstract than the next work because of realistic view of the tower from street level.

4. Title: Eiffel Tower Artist: Robert Delaunay Date: 1924-1926 Link: Eiffel Tower 4

Eiffel tower by Robert Delaunay is an example of Abstract imagery and is more Abstract than the previous work of art because of the use of solid colors and blocks to create the image of the Eiffel tower and less Non Objective than the next work because of identifiable image created. 

5. Title: Eiffel Tower Artist: Diego Rivera Date: 1914 Link: Eiffel Tower 5

Eiffel Tower by Diego Rivera is an example of abstract imagery and is more Abstract than the previous work of art because of less identifiable image and less Non objective than the next work because of the easier to see image of the Eiffel Tower.

6. Title: Shadow of the Eiffel Tower Artist: Erwin Blumenfeld Date: 1938 Link: Eiffel Tower 6

Shadow of the Eiffel Tower is an example of Non objective imagery and is more non objective than the previous work of art because of the more obscure image given and less Non objective than the next work because of even though it is harder to see you still get the image of a tower.

7.Title: Windows Open Simultaneously (First Part, Third Motif) Artist: Robert Delaunay Date: 1912 Link: Eiffel Tower 7

Windows Open Simultaneously is an example of Non objective imagery and is more Non objective than the previous work of art because of the image of the tower has to be interpleaded in the mind. 

To the right. This is a piece of art I brought home with me for my wife when I was deployed on board a submarine. It was painted in Italy, this is a painting of the alley way where the painters shop was located. I interact with this painting everyday as it is hung in my living room. It reminds me of my navy days and the travels and experiences I had while in the navy. My first impression of this painting was how drab the artist painted everything and how dark the colors were. To me that alley way was bright and sunny and full of life and color. It made me wonder if this is how the artist saw that alley way. Maybe the artist was trying to say how alone he was in a place so full of people. The artist used Directional lines to guide yours eyes to the figures in the middle placing emphasis on the two. While looking at it though you see splashes of color from the flowers. These subordinations pull your attention to the ground creating a variety that draws your attention to how much larger the area is compared to the figures. the painting has a symmetry with the two massive walls on either side.

To the left. This is a picture I took of my wife while in high school together it was for a photography class we were taking together. We drove down Hwy 1 in California and stopped here for lunch and waited for the tide to go out so we could walk out on the tide pools. This picture sits on my desk at home it reminds me of all the time we spent together while going to through high school I look at it every day. I used black and white 35MM film to take this picture using aperture and exposure I was able to bring her into focus as the figure while the background is out of focus. This placed a lot of emphasis on her. My first impression of this picture is the concentration she has on the star fish while all the pictures concentration is on her. I used a exposure method to burn in her hand to make it brighter to draw your eye to what she is holding. The picture is very organic and with no symmetry to it. This is how I see her every day when she is around everything else is out of focus.