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Fish and Storm Clouds
Lin Onus was born on December 4th 1948 and he died on 23rd of
October 1996.
Onus was born in Melbourne, Australia and this work of art was
painted in 1994,
and he used synthetic polymer paint. The size of this painting
is 183 x 183cm.
The first thing that caught my eye was the fish even though the
camouflage in
with the subjects in this painting, the colours look very
mysterious and gloomy
and the compliment one another. There is something about this
painting that I
cant really but a finger on, however it draws me in. I am left
wondering moreand more about this painting. What was Onus thinking
about as he was painting
this strange artwork? This painting reminds of a gloomy rainy
day, the colour of
the skies when I am expecting a thunderstorm coming my way. It
gives me a
sense of comfort because it reminds me of being locked up in my
house cozing up
to a warm cup of tea and watching a black and white movie. The
details of this
piece are very detailed and it is somewhat like a Chinese or
Japanese style of art.
I can see a dark gloomy sky, though it also looks like a
reflection of water thus
the fish. The clouds may also be interpreted as fog and there
are different styles
of branches around the painting. The colours are dark and murky;
it is very
subtle but there darker shadings within the painting. There are
different
techniques used in this painting as the clouds are a circular
and seems as though
they artist dripped water splatters to make it look like
rain.
The first thing in which caught my attention was the fish. This
painting has
different elements present, the fish, clouds/ fogs/ tree
branches, and the sky.
This painting reflects the artists background and he is from the
Scottish aboriginal Wiradiuri culture.
This piece Fish and Storm Clouds was created in 1994 and Onus
hadestablished the painting based on the Barmah Forest and the
Murray River, this
was where Onuss father was from. The artists real name was
actually in factWilliam Mc Lintock Onus, he had self-taught himself
how to paint, print and
sculpt. Onus is well known for creating painting and artworks
that incorporates
the culture of The Europeans and Aboriginals ways using
different modern
techniques.
Onus had used synthetic polymer paint of a large canvas to
create this painting.
There are no obvious strokes of brushed to show any evidence of
his hand
movements. Some techniques that he may have used was blending,
painting,
shading and washing, he may have photographed some parts of the
painting. He
most likely took a very long time to paint the strokes to make
it seem as though
the painting was flawless.
After research on Onuss work we can accurately presume that he
had gotten the
idea from Australians Outback, from the aboriginal ethnicity. In
my opinion this
painting reminds me of a daydream of a winter day.
