Euphoria

Happy Jumping!

By: Kayla

When it comes to contemporary art, you have lots of it to see now days.  From art museums to houses, you can usually find some interesting artwork nearby.  There are many different artist websites to view and purchase their art from too.  Some that may catch your eye as an artist yourself and can affect your own art making decisions as well.  From www.artspan.com, the one artist that caught my eye was Tsend Chia-mei's artwork known as Happy Jumping.  I truly love this watercolor artwork! It is very vibrant and uplifting! 

Chia-mei Tseng is a self-taught artist. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1952. Since her childhood, she was amazed by people such as their faces, expressions, body structures, and movements.  Her main concentration now is drawing and oil painting in New York.

With this art, the texture seems to be very rigid in some areas and soft in others.  The shapes are very organic. The line quality is curved.  There is only really a foreground and back ground in this.  There is lots of different values in this piece, especially in the woman's body & the water. The main colors in this are oranges, yellows, whites, greens, browns, blacks, some browns, etc.  The only pattern I see would maybe be all the vibrant colors in the water.  The proportions I would say are realistic.  There is great contrast, especially with the different colors in the water.  The balance is asymmetrical.  The only variety in this would be the different colors as well.  The harmony of this makes me feel excited and gives me the essence of living your life to the fullest.  The unity of this is quite complete, other than its balance.  Its shows quite an emphasis in the water ripples that she leaps over. Just seeing her in this pose give the movement of the water moving and her jumping.

This is a beautiful piece and I would love to show such life in my art! She has show me to be more outgoing with my artwork! :)

Sources: 

http://www.artspan.com/search_artwork.php?action=search&category=1

http://tsengchiamei.artspan.com/large-multi-view/People%20and%20their%20feelings/1550301-1-129991/People%20and%20their%20feelings.html#

http://tsengchiamei.artspan.com/mbr_bio.php