Art Analysis: Lifetime Piled Up By Elizabeth Cunningham

Located at Duke Hall on main side of campus, is a painting called “Lifetime Piled Up” by Elizabeth Cunningham. When first noting Elizabeth work, I couldn’t help but stare at the color scheme of the drawing. When first glancing at her work, I had this feeling of darkness that surrounded the drawing. As I move up from the bottom to the top of the drawing one would feel a since of light. After analyzing the artwork by it’s color scheme, I came to a conclusion (opinionated of course) that the theme was “When there is darkness there is light”. Each time a shade of dark was made there is always a strain of light that always follows it. Now I get that the drawing is just black and white but if you look towards the bottom of the picture you can really
As one moves further away from the “Table” towards the background in the right corn you’d notice a dark hallway which doesn’t mean much but the shading on it is just amazing to me. The ability to cast a shadow from the wall of the lighted area onto the wall that leads away from the picture is an amazing detail to capture. Elizabeth’s shading technique/ skill is outstanding.

When I look at the objects on the table, I immediately notice the headphones. I only figured out they were headphones because of the signature logo of the brand JBL is noted on them. She uses a darker contrast of her shade, but still somehow gives it a small glow. It’s like when an artist draws a person’s eye. They draw their eye ball with a little glow (twinkle).

Next up is what seeming to be a little angle standing on top of a box. At first I thought it was one of those babble head Hulu dancers but as I looked closer there seemed to be little strings coming down from her back. Then I realized it was an angle with a broken wing. I love that she used a very thin and darker shade to draw this. Even in the mixture of the background you are able to still see the