Stillness and Movement

This piece of art work has lots of straight lines. These lines are drawn with a straight edge from graphite. It looks like a plan for a building or house. The lines are in the background going diagonal, vertical, horizontal with two grids located in the middle. On top of the precise neat lines is an explosion of movement going in all different directions that covers the middle area of the art work. There are random darker streaks of swirls scattered across the piece. The art work is manly black, grey, white, with a little orange.

This work reflects two sides to the artist. First it shows he or she is precise and organized when drawing out the individual lines. The chaotic explosion on top of the lines shows lots of movement. The artist put in lots of movement and stillness into his work to give off two extreme emotions. This creates a even more intense emotion when combined, almost bipolar like.

The energetic area of the piece has nice value where there is more contrast. This gives the picture more depth and intensity. I like this piece because there are two emotions pulled out of me which are completely opposite and yet compatible. I like that it is extreme with out the use of colors. I think the artist wanted an intense outcome but yet he wanted it to be simple by only using two motions, stillness and movement.