The painting that is the subject of my description is entitled “Bedroom Face” by Tom Wesselman. The bold, bright colors found in the painting are an indication that it belongs to the pop art time. What grabs the viewer’s attention at first look is the head of a woman located diagonally on the left side of the painting. To be precise, it’s tilted at an angle of approximately 135° to the horizontal. Only the right side of her face is visible to the viewer’s eyes. Her mouth is wide open and her eyes are closed as if she were singing or yawning. It’s hard to imagine that she is talking because she has her eyes closed. It’s not very clear what she is doing in the picture. It seems like she is lying down in bed. That is only an assumption because no other part of her body can be seen. If so, it is interesting tha
t she hasn’t taken off her makeup while in bed. We could also assume that is night because the light switch is on. The light switch is on the top right hand corner of the picture. Right below her face is a very small part of a crooked picture frame which along with the rigid right angles of the light switch creates instability in the picture. It’s difficult to tell what picture the crooked picture frame is holding but it could very well be her own portray. This assumption is based on the matching color of her hair and that of the picture frame. One of the repetitions that I noticed in the picture was the similar dark brown color of the female’s hair, and a lighter brown color present in the picture frame and the light switch. I also noticed the green makeup on her eyes and the green pillow as another similarity present in the picture. The oran
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