Jessica Lantos
“Still-Life” Critique
The acrylic painting “Still-Life” was one created Norton High School’s talented English teacher, Todd Kefor. He is well educated in fine art and enjoys painting and viewing paintings in various museums in his spare time. The composition consists of a medium size square canvas with dark images. Dark cylinder blocks and skeletons are centered in the middle, with a dirty wall that seems to lurk in the background. The content gives uneasy feelings because of the way it seems to be dealing with dark things, such as death because of the different kinds of skeletons. It is also gives off a mysterious feeling, as if it could be some sort of crime scene or a secret could be hidden in the chest on top of the cylinder block. The colors are very dark, such as the deep red, and warm. The field is very plain, dark and an eerie looking wall. The grainy, hard texture adds to the creepy feelings of this interesting painting. The subject of skeletons are not exaggerated at all or sugar coated, which adds to the realistic feel of the painting. The whole picture seems to create allegory of death, darkness, evil, and secrets. Just as all the themes in the picture work together, the harmony of the dark objects all mesh together along with the shades being very close in color and appealing to the eyes. The focal point of this piece is the large cylinders and skeletons all closely nestled together that seem to be sticking out at you because of their eeriness. A subtle narrative of this painting may be a mystery story or detective scene. It could also be symbolism for a story of secrets because of the chest, or hard times because of all the darkness. The only thing that could potentially make this a weak piece, was if the viewer were someone who doesn’t like dark, depressing settings.
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To Jess L,
You questioned how anime would relate to other topics and is not very broad. Anime is, believe it or not, is actually one of THE MOST prophitable practices in all Japan. Aside from other oriental commodities such as threads and porcelain, cartoon animation is what keeps the viewing public sane.(^-^) Even adults that are older than 20 years or age adore anime and look forward to watching it every day when they get home. As for how limited its broadness is, I will tell you that its areas are just as diverse as artists such as Picasso and DaVinci. If you cannot comprehend this foreshortened explaination, then I apologize, for I cannot fully answer your question with limited space. See me later if you want my answer. -Nicholas Hanlon
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