Based off charcoal figure studies. Gentry with summertime hair, she says. Objective was work the yellow with blue, the feel of summertime. Figurative, impressionistic. Why am I feeling like I must categorize this piece?
Art is not easily amenable to any definition. Usually, artworks are divided into either representational or abstract. Abstract to me is a portrayal–in however altered or distorted a form–things perceived in the visible world. The term figurative art has been used as meaning non-abstract, thus representational.
I guess that’s what this is. Not altered or distorted, but representational of a girl in summertime, non-abstract.
There. Do I feel better being able to tick an art definition box?