Chicago: BreeAnn Veenstra
There were numerous pieces at the museums that caught my attention for some time. One particular piece was a series of four located in the Art Institute of Chicago. Unfortunately, I didn't have a pen to write down the name of the artist, so I'll just say it's classified. They were similar to some of the art in one of the films we watched because they consisted of paint smears and splatters on canvas. The film noted that most of the splatter paintings are related to nature and landscape scenes. The series at the museum were the same, and when I studied them I saw birch trees in the shapes. My perception formed a schema where they were classified as trees, and after looking at them for a bit longer my reaction developed more. Though each one had smears of blue, white, and black, they also had other colors unique to each piece. It seemed to me that the artist had selected these colors to reflect the four seasons. The piece with the orange, red, and yellow splotches obviously represented autumn trees with firey leaves. The piece with the peaceful shades of green was spring, the cooler blues and grays was winter with its snow, and then the one with brighter blue patches was the partly cloudy skies of summer.
Of course it's possible that artist was just using colors that suited his or her fancy, but then I wouldn't have the satisfaction of discovering a relation between the four.
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