"Nature’s purpose in relation to the visual arts is to provide stimulus – not imitation…. ….From its ceaseless urge to create springs all Life – all movement and rhythm – time and light, color and mood – in short, all reality in Form and Thought."
- Hans Hofmann
In other words, when creating a work of art do not copy what you see but be inspired by the things around you. In this case, the defeated animal "The Vanquished" is not defined, but becomes defined by abstractly being created, just as the background uses geometric shapes and colors to balance and shape the animal, although the space around it is not defined but mentioned by these shapes. The positioning of the animal is suggested, as the tension of its face points downward.
"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."
- Hans Hofmann
As I have drawn more and more figurative sketches, I have learned that the space around the figure is very important to create the figure, even though in actuality the space around the figure is not what we focus on. I have seen an improvement little by little, but more in proportion than anything else.
"Since light is best expressed through differences in color quality, color should not be handled as a tonal gradation, to produce the effect of light."
- Hans Hofmann
In other words, the effect of light is not produced by gradually changing the tone of a color, but by changing the quality of the color.
Hofmann illuminates the painting by the use of multiple, bright colors and shadows the image with the use of black, which helps sets the overall mood of the painting. There is great contrast, and the colors are unlikely but he makes them seem real.
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