Getty: Wooded Landscape

Another landscape painting I liked is "A Wooded Landscape With a Path to a House" by Lucas Achtshellinck. Similar to the Frozen Canal painting, I found this to have amazing detail and great use of color. I also noticed that for some reason, the main tree is perpendicular to the house's path. I'm not sure if that has any meaning, but I just thought it was interesting.

Getty: Figures on a Frozen Canal

I was fascinated with the amount of detail of some of the landscape paintings at the Getty. this was one of my favorites. I do not have much to say about what makes this painting more special than other paintings aesthetically, however I just think it was one of the more detailed paintings in the exhibit.

Getty: Mountain Landscape

When I went to the Getty museum, I found a few landscape paintings that were interesting. One of them was called "Mountain Landscape With Peasants in a Clearing Near a Waterfall" by Anthonie Waterloo. It consisted of a large mountain landscape with various trees and cliffs, with two peasants in the corner. This was interesting because the entire picture was in black and white, except the peasants. In my opinion, Waterloo wanted the viewer to focus on the peasants, so they could see the contrast between the people and the surroundings. I think he wanted to show that the people in the landscape do not belong there, which is why they don't blend in with their surroundings.

Pomona Art Walk: Epiphany

Another work of art that caught my eye at the Art Walk was called "Epiphany" by Joy McAllister. It consists of fog in various colors, with a bright spot of red-orange light in the center. Because the lighting in the picture is more focused in the center, my guess is that McAllister wanted the viewer to focus on that particular portion. In my opinion, the fog represents clouded thoughts, whereas the light represents an idea or epiphany. I have not seen many works of art that can visually capture what goes on in someone's mind, such as this one does, so I found this to be very creative. This piece reminds me of a song called "Forgotten" by Linkin Park, which paints a picture in the listener's mind of the exact opposite. It is interesting to know that these brain functions can be portrayed visually and musically.

Pomona Art Walk: Mt. Baldy Rd.

During my trip to the Pomona Art Walk, I encountered a few interesting works of art. The one that I found most interesting was "Mt. Baldy Road" by Rick Caughman. The work shows a very detailed landscape drawing of a curve of the Mt. Baldy road. The drawing itself fascinated me with the amount of detail. However, what I found to be truly interesting is the fact that it was actually done using "dry point etching" on another material (I'm not sure what the material was, but I'm guessing it was some type of metal.). In other words, the original drawing was done on metal by etching with a needle and adding ink, then printed onto a piece of paper to create a drawing. Below is a picture of the drawing and a picture of the metal plate (although the metal pic is difficult to see, as getting a good pic at the right angle proved to be tedious.). This is the first time I have seen this type of art and I would like to see more works from Caughman.