image essay #5

This Image by Douglas Marlone Illustrates proximity. The limited space that lays between the two figures is proximity. The painting also carries your eye around the canvas because of the way Marlone used the dark background, dark brown cloaks, and the shadows on the ground and figures.

I feel Marlone caught the human figure extremely well. The lighting on the piece is focused in the center creating a dark outside and background. The light extremities are very important in this piece, because of its simplicity.

The Canvas is vertically balanced very well. The figure on the right is displaying a lot more skin but has her head turned away from the viewer. The figure on the left is showing less skin, but has her face towards us which creates a balance between the two figures. The shadow under the right figure also does a good job at creating a good balance.

This image could be showing a difference in personalities, or a feud between two people. It could also be illustrating a difference in class, socially. The two women in the picture might have some sort of darker tie to the artist himself, making it an inner feud he is facing between these two women, social class, difference, etc.