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Deborah Oropallo

 

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             lines that we can see are very few in this particular painting, we can only see it in the words "Welcome" that is stretched across the front of the painting. But beside the actual line form by the words, the whole painting is form by implied lines. .
             She created this art work using geometric shapes, instead of organic shapes. Because the containers are manmade, we can see all the geometric shapes that are in it; from the roundness of the containers, to the bolts that hold the top of the containers together. .
             Oropallo use photography to create this art work, she took a picture of these industrial containers sometimes during the day. Because of the shadow from the container to the right that cast on to the container on the left, we can see that the light hit those containers at an angle to create that kind of shadows. What we can assume about lighting in this art work is either it was taken from early in the morning or during the evening according to the placement of the camera. Also because of the sources of the lighting we can see the value of this art work; we can see the shapes of the container, the roundness of it. .
             The artist chooses her subject matters to be bright orange containers, which slowly becomes different hue of orange because of the shadow. Her use of white, red and blue, does not appeal to the eyes of the viewer as much as orange, which draws the attention of the viewers towards the painting. .
             Another aspect of this painting that draws the attention of its viewers is its ability to make the viewers imagine that they can feel what it actually is. As children and growing up, we have equated the feel with the look of surfaces. We have come to know that all surfaces have a texture, by touching or through visual suggestion. The artist has used the visual suggestion to suggest that her art work have a smooth texture to it, if we were able to feel it. Because we all know how a metallic container feels like, that is why Oropallo implied it within her art work.


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