The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, in Miami, Florida, houses a beautiful painting entitled, "Waiting In The Woods," by artist Pip Brant. The piece is bright and colorful; a variety of beautiful, autumn tones laid out in perfect contrast to the silhouettes of what seem to be Union soldiers on horses, waiting still in a forest glen. The usage of red and yellows for the leaves on the floor gave me the vision that the artist was trying to portray the season of fall. The figures in the painting seem to have the same uniforms on due to the usage of yellow shirts and the green emblem on their shirts. The vibrant colors help put the figures in the foreground and the flushed pinks in the background created the vision of distance in the painting. Overall, the painting gives the feeling of a scene of soldiers on the outskirts of a battlefield. The different questions that come to thought are, "Are these soldiers waiting for the battle to emerge through the trees?" "Do the shades and tints of pink represent the battle in the distance?" What are the artist intentions of using shapes and colors instead of a more realistic style?".
The most interesting piece of art at The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, is called, "Burning Of The Fake Cabin." After observing this piece of art and concluding that there was a burning structure in the painting the word "Fake" in the title made me question what this painting was about. The fire was quite visible because of the yellow, orange, and red colors used. The addition of the lines and shapes helped create the formation of the fire as well. The mood this painting brought to me was a dark and destructive atmosphere. "Why is this building on fire?" What objects are in the background?" Why did the artist make the setting at night instead of the day time?" What does the artist mean by "Fake Cabin" in the title?".
