Sally Ryan
(1917-1968)
Plotted Plant
Oil on canvas
This painting by Sally Ryan really caught my eye when I first saw it as it was just up the stairs in the Garman Ryan collection. It was positioned alongside all other brightly coloured paintings to do with flowers, this one though I instantly walked to to look closer as the colours were bold and when i look at something my eye is instantly drawn to colour.
Sally Ryan the artist of this painting is one of the two main collectors of the Garmen Ryan exhibition. Even though being one of the collectors she is the less well known between the two but i truly think that she has a great talent in art.
The painting not only stands out from a distance but when you look close up you can really see the technique. The way she has applied the oil paints onto the canvas very thickly i find is a really good technique and it is something i do myself in my own work.
You can really see the the movement of the paint when you look close up and how the paint looks randomly been put on the canvas overlaying the paint but when standing back it is quite unique how it all comes together to create the flowers.
The reason i didn't choose this piece is because i feel that i wouldn't have alot to mention about it except for the technique as this is the only thing that relates to my work and if my task is to write a contextual critical review i feel that i wouldn't have alot to say and i would rather choose a piece i could go into more depth about.
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