"Urban Innocence" by Barbara Andolsek
Analysis:
Subject- The title of this painting suggests a sense of innocence in a young boy, just as the young boy in The Road displays. While the boy in the painting is in a city setting and the young boy from The Road is from no place in particular and has no real home anymore. The little boy is also handing his bear to the grey unknown to show that he is giving away his childish innocence. Just like the boy in The Road , he must also give away his innocence to the evils that surround him in the new world.
Focus- The viewers eye is drawn to the little boys bright yellow coat that is surrounded by the dull gray. This conveys a hopeful mood since the little boy is still bright and innocent amidst the surrounding gray.
Space- The space within the painting is full and is centered around the boy to show that the boy is the main focus of the painting. Similarly in The Road, the boy is the center of the novel as well.
Color- The boy in the painting is full of color to represent his innocence and his
childish nature, however he is surrounded by dull gray to represent the evils
that will his consume his innocence. Grey dominates the painting to represent how the loss of innocence is also a dominating trait in the painting and in the novel as well.
Lines- The author uses curved lines both thick and thin to display distortion of the grey representation of the loss of innocence that surrounds the boy.
Shapes- The author uses organic shapes through out the painting to show the undefined
loss of innocence, which could be a number of things. Which is also similar in The Road
the boy loses his innocence to a number of evils.
Texture- The author creates rough texture within the grayness to depict the
harshness of losing ones innocence.
Subject- The title of this painting suggests a sense of innocence in a young boy, just as the young boy in The Road displays. While the boy in the painting is in a city setting and the young boy from The Road is from no place in particular and has no real home anymore. The little boy is also handing his bear to the grey unknown to show that he is giving away his childish innocence. Just like the boy in The Road , he must also give away his innocence to the evils that surround him in the new world.
Focus- The viewers eye is drawn to the little boys bright yellow coat that is surrounded by the dull gray. This conveys a hopeful mood since the little boy is still bright and innocent amidst the surrounding gray.
Space- The space within the painting is full and is centered around the boy to show that the boy is the main focus of the painting. Similarly in The Road, the boy is the center of the novel as well.
Color- The boy in the painting is full of color to represent his innocence and his
childish nature, however he is surrounded by dull gray to represent the evils
that will his consume his innocence. Grey dominates the painting to represent how the loss of innocence is also a dominating trait in the painting and in the novel as well.
Lines- The author uses curved lines both thick and thin to display distortion of the grey representation of the loss of innocence that surrounds the boy.
Shapes- The author uses organic shapes through out the painting to show the undefined
loss of innocence, which could be a number of things. Which is also similar in The Road
the boy loses his innocence to a number of evils.
Texture- The author creates rough texture within the grayness to depict the
harshness of losing ones innocence.