Artist: Christian Franzen
Exhibition: From Here: A Group Show
Media: Oil on Canvas, 56″ x 60″ and 17″ x 16″
Gallery: CSULB School of Art, Marilyn Werby Gallery
Website: bechance.net/christianfranvan
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Christian Franzen is an undergraduate student at CSULB. The program he is studying is drawing and painting. He is in his final semester He plans on going to grad school ideally in the east coast to specialize in art painting or visual arts.
His pieces of work are two abstract paintings. They are Oil on Canvas, 56″ x 60″ and 17″ x 16″. The bigger painting is named House. The color scheme is mainly dark. There are a lot of shades of blue and green. The colors that stand out are yellow and orange. The drawing has an essence of 3D work because there are many geometric shapes. The smaller painting has less colors. It is more calming. The title is called Bradford. It has a distinct yellow pattern.
The artist likes using the color blue. He did not have a reference or idea to initiate the painting. He likes using blue and green because he feels it allows depth. There is a lot of illumination with those colors. It reminds him of deep space and the ocean.
The purpose of this project was to represent abstract work. Abstract work us allows us to express ourselves without precisely having a purpose or a reference. I liked these paintings because of the color.
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