Some of the other paintings that I really liked were Cabin in the Cotton by Horace Pippin, Clown with Drum by Walt Kuhn, Picture of Dorian Gray by Ivan Albright, and At the Moulin Rouge by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, but the pictures I took of them were arguably the worst things I've ever brought into existence. The texture on the clouds and smoke is also something that I need to take serious notes on. I love the city in the background and the isolated figures in the front it's a lovely little juxtaposition. Hazy pastels and purples seem intimate and familiar to me, but I'm not sure why - I'm thinking that maybe it's because it makes it seem more like dusk, and that's my favorite time of day? Or that most of the pictures of outside I take are at dusk? This painting seems cinematic too, which I'm guessing is because it also has darker edges. Saying that I love the color choices makes me sound like a broken record but I DO, HELP ME, I DO, and these colors seem similar to those in the La Touche painting I mentioned earlier.
The third is The Puff of Smoke, also by Gifford Beal (who I think is a new favorite artist of mine). It's a fun and intimate painting, the colors (shadows and highlights included) are nice, and the subject matter is sweet. The figures seem finger-painted, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. The paint on the horses, for instance, seems not so much blended as it does carefully layered (I don't really like smooth blending all that much rough blending gives more character, I guess, and smoothly blended colors feel more restricting). The way those colors are blended, also, is really endearing. I love the texture, first of all, and I love the complementary colors (maybe not so complementary if my phone's camera has anything to say about it). Apparently La Touche tried mimicking the color palettes of Rococo artists, which I generally don't like, but I really enjoy the way they're presented here. It caught my eye initially because of the lights the figures in the foreground are holding, which are shockingly vibrant in real life - I've never seen lighting so beautifully painted or illumination seem so real before. It feels more like a still from a very well-lit movie. reinforced? It feels more solid, supported, more cinematic, I guess. I really love the dreamy colors and the way those colors are presented I love darker colors on the bottoms of paintings because it feels more.
The first is Pardon in Brittany by Gaston La Touche.
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