The City art gallery...

The city art gallery...

When visiting the city art gallery this week I decided that Selina Snow's exhibition was my favourite, as the bright colours and unusual cultural influence really caught my attention.

Selina's paintings are visual diaries in response to her travels and surroundings. She has taken inspiration from the Indian and children series from a trip to Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where she became intrigued by broad mixture of cultures. In particular she explores the significance of seemingly incongruous foods, and place's them within her paintings.

My favourite painting was the one titled 'Horn ok please' worth £3,200.

Selina Snow, (2013), 'Horn ok please' [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.selinasnow.com/ [Accessed 13 October 13].

  The painting includes a lot of different people, subjects and activities. My favourite aspect of the painting is the use of luminous pink as the background colour. The colour is very bright and engaging attracting many peoples attention. It also includes two large blue doves at the top placed either side of the religious image seen in the middle. A woman and a girl are featured in this image, the woman in particular is portrayed looking hopeful and thoughtful, guarding the younger figure. She also looks wise and loving with her hands raised by the girls shoulders as if to be giving some of her wisdom.

The woman's skin and make-up is smooth and matted, a quite powered look to enhance the youthful glow of her face. Her style is similar in simplicity as she is seen to be wearing a loose, flowing cape type dress, similar to what priests would be seen wearing. The free flowing material of her dress could represent the easy-going, natural, relaxed spirit and vibe of the painting.