Red Guitar Pick: Painting Analysis
On October 26, 2016, I visited the River Walk Artists Gallery in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The gallery had a variety of art on display including handcrafted jewelry, pottery, and paintings. The drawing Loss of the Minnesota Red Pine by Mary Ann Laxen beautifully incorporates authentic red pine tree bark. The bark adds to the desert scenery as the bark is in the shape of two cactuses. Since this picture is a drawing, the color is comprised of different shades of black lead from a pencil, with a hint of green for a small section of grass and yellow for the sun. Therese Master Jacobson’s painting Red Guitar Pick illustrates a yellow, white, and black guitar with a red pick between the strings. Though the red pick is small, it is the focal point