Reverse Ekphrases

Reverse Ekphrases by Gwendolyn (2007). Crayola on white paper.

Pieter de Hooch's "The Bedroom" (1658-1660) Oil on Canvas. Courtesy: National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C.

Fawn's Ekphrases

This painting focuses on a mother and a daughter in a room. The doorway to

the inside of the room is centered along the vertical axis of the painting. The

medium is oil on canvas and was created in 1658/1660. It was painted by a

Dutch artist. There are uses of primary and secondary colors. Such as a red

tablecloth on a brown table with dark color vase sitting on top. The chairs are

dark brown with yellow diamonds. The walls are gray and tan. The mother is

wearing a red shirt with a dark color skirt and a white bonnet. The young girl

is wearing a dress that is brown at the top and yellow at the bottom. The floor

is a reddish-orange brick color in a square formation. The young girl is

standing in the doorway holding the door handle and is glancing at her mother

(I assume) while smiling. The mother is folding a greenish-yellow cloth and

smiling back at her daughter. Above the doorway there is a small painting,

with a brown frame and the picture is blurred. If you look through the

doorway you can see another door leading outside and a window to the left

of that outside door. That door has two parts(top and bottom opens

separately)and is open allowing sunshine into the house along with the light

coming through the windows. The balance of this painting is asymmetrical;

the left side is fuller than the right.The mother is standing on the left side and

little girl is slightly to the right of the vertical axis. The sides are brought

together by the light shining in from the right and through the doorway. The

theme of the painting is of human experience and is representational;

descriptive of a work of art that depicts forms in the natural world. The artist's

style is from the Dutch genre; French meaning scenes showing people at work,

play, or rest. He popularized the style of painting. Some describe this style as

cinematic people.