Jeffery?s Poppies and Wish upon a Shooting Star are two paintings which are similar but still have many differences. Both were on display at the Downtown Arts Center in Lexington. Both pieces of artwork are examples of fine art. They were not intended to be functional and I believe the artists had formal training in art. Both paintings were approximately the same size, which I estimated to be approximately 16 inches by 28 inches. Both paintings were made with the same medium, oil paint on canvass, which makes both pieces of artwork similar in that respect. They are not examples of decorative art because they were not intended to be functional and were not made with what would be considered a medium associated with crafts. The physical similarties in size and medium makes the two paintings seem very similar. No artist was listed for either painting so possibly they were both made by the same artist and that is why they were hanging next to each other in the art gallery. However, both
Wish Upon a Shooting Star uses darker colors than the painting Jefferies Poppies. The grass in the field is a dark green. Blue hues are mixed in with the green creating a bluish tint to the grass. This could perhaps be a refrence to Kentucky because it is known as the blue grass state. The sky is blue with yellow mixed in. The yellow is supposed to be the stars in the title Wish Upon a Shooting Star. In the painting Jeffery?s Poppies the colors are lighter and pastel. The vase is a light red sitting on a green base. The flowers are green and yellow. These colors are on the warm end of the color wheel.
Jeffery?s Poppies is a very calming painting the light colors are soothing on the eye and it is very restful. Wish Upon a Star provokes images of the outdoors from the viewer. The paintings most significant difference is in the perspective. The paintings in most other aspects are very similar.
Both pieces of artwork are examples of representational art. Jeffery?s Poppies wa