artists #4

For my drawing studio, I have been doing some research on Matisse and it has carried over into what we are doing in the visual thinking class. Matisse was concerned with painting how he saw the world and creating order out of chaos. his use of color was meant create order in his paintings and express his vision as an artist. However, Matisse also used color to create a pleasant feel for the viewer. At the start of the semester, I looked at art as an expression of the artists with little concern for the viewer. Art should be more of a social expression or controversial. Upon reading Matisse views of his art, I realized that the act of creating a pleasing composition meant to transport the viewer into the artists point of view, but in a pleasant way. However, it is interesting that Matisse intended his work to be pleasing and it was considered so controversial when it first showed.