Strange Obscurity is a painting by Andrew Jackson which was uploaded on November 2nd, 2011.
Strange Obscurity
Ok this painting is extremely unique both because of it content and because of the way it is portrayed to the viewer. ... more
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Dimensions
11.000 x 14.000 x 1.000 inches
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Title
Strange Obscurity
Artist
Andrew Jackson
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Canvas
Description
Ok this painting is extremely unique both because of it content and because of the way it is portrayed to the viewer.
The overall theme of the painting is the meaning of life. The matter in how that is expressed can be confusing at first, but after the explanation it becomes very clear. The painting is "read" from left to right and from bottom to top.
Starting with the colors. Serving a dual purpose, the first is the representation of purity to obscurity (white to black), the second is the representation of Earth and Heaven (separated at the forth and fifth rung). Now for the symbols. "Life": Astrological symbols for male, Female, and Female with Child all together as one, place nearest the pure colors. "Money isn't Everything": Periodic Symbol for Gold (money), Mathematical Symbol for not equal to (isn't), Circumvent Archaic symbol for universe (everything) placed squarely on Earth because it is materialistic. "Never Ending Search for Answers": Pi theoretical never ending number (never ending), Question Mark (questions and answers) place split in Earth and Heaven, because our questions are about Earth and the Heavens also we look to Heaven for our Earthly answers. "Life to Death": Jumbled because no one can explain the reason for life, or what happens after death. Life is on the Earth side, Death is in the Heaven area. "Determination": Delta (D=Determination), Equal Sign (is equal to), Infinity Symbol+1 (giving all you got and then just that one last push) Place both On Earth and in heaven, showing how we look within ourselves and to heaven for strength and determination. "God is Power": God, Equal sign (is the same as), Mass * Velocity Squared (one of the many formulas for power in physics, this particular one is for kinetic energy, though it is only being used to represent Power) Placed in the Heavens Area because the common beliefs of most religions is God is in the heavens. "Strange Thought": Greek letters Sigma and Theta (Original Concept for the painting).
Uploaded
November 2nd, 2011
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Comments (1)
Robert Jackson
This piece truly moves me. Taking the artist's statement explaining the painting and combining to that the raw, tense, brush strokes and the intricacies of layering and the piece tells more than the artist. The work actually when viewed up close brings all the emotions into a vortex of artistic vision.
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