Carillon gallery paper

When looking at the gallery, I searched for anything that I felt spoke to me. Then I came across two works of art that had a lot of emotion in them. They were paintings of a forest fire, although the second one had more destruction.

            The paintings themselves were fairly small in size and the more destructive painting was below the other one. Both of them were dark and hard to see, so it was smart to put them in a very bright room. Chronologically speaking, the top painting took place before the bottom one because the fire was still very bright and strong, and the skies were a light hue of grey. On the other hand, the bottom painting’s fire was more weak with more smoke as well. Additionally, the skies in the bottom painting were dark grey, and some parts of it even seemed black.

            The works of art can be interpreted in many ways emotionally. Reactions to the top painting could range from surprise, grief, and worry. The reason behind this is because when you see a fire of that magnitude, you get worried about it spreading to other forests and that makes you feel helpless and disbelief – the situation feels as if there is no hope and that there is nothing that can be done to stop it. However, once you take a glance at the second painting, the emotion change to acceptance that it cannot get any worse because all the damage that could be done, had been done. Looking at the bottom painting at a deeper perspective, you start to notice the lines are unclear and fuzzy. Perhaps that could be because the smoke makes everything harder to see, or perhaps it is because looking at the work of art seems like a nightmare that you wish did not happen.

            The fact that there is two painting means a lot in itself. Personally, I felt it was a wise decision because it gives your emotions and thoughts a timeline of some of the stages of grief.