Gaughin

Gauguin used oil to paint and his style of painting was impressionism. Impressionism is a technique that was developed in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The most obvious characteristic of Impressionism is the attempt to accurately and objectively record visual reality in terms of transient effects of light and colour. But during 1886 to 1891 while in Brittany Gauguin made a transition from impressionism to a more naturalistic style which he called synthetism.

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Then on May 9, 1903 Paul Gauguin passes away at the age of 45 while living in Marquesas.

My transition from one technique of painting towards another technique was also similar to Gauguin's transition from impressionism to synthetism. I first used abstraction in my paintings and eventually I moved on into paintings that looked more real and natural. Gauguin's colours are very bold and vibrant which give a very joyous and, at the same time, peaceful feeling.

I have very many reasons as to why I chose Gauguin.

It was because of all these reasons that I chose Paul Gauguin to appropriate. He went from painting impressionistic paintings to a more natural style. His brush strokes seem to be very precise, but at the same time very soft and painterly. I know I made the right choice because our paintings are so similar in so many ways, but no matter how much I paint or how much effort I put into my paintings I will never be good enough to compare to the great Paul Gauguin.

At the beginning of my series, my brush strokes were hugely different from Gauguin's brush strokes. I think Gauguin also liked it very much in the tropics that is why he spent the rest of his life there to paint his surroundings which include palm trees and people. I, on the other hand, only painted palm trees and marine animals with no human beings involved. But by a few paintings before my appropriation of one of Gauguin's paintings, my brush strokes become more and more like Gauguin's.

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