Analyzing Alma Thomas Air View Of Spring Nursery

Abstract art uses words, shapes, colors and lines to create one big idea or concept, there are many different art genres like sculptures, animation, body art, digital art and my ‘’personal favorite’’ abstract art, because it can be neat and messy at the same time. Abstract art dates all the way back to the Renaissance and up to the middle of the 19th century. ‘’Air View of a Spring Nursery’’ by Alma Thomas makes me feel like a kid all over again, its colors pop off the canvas and makes me question the meaning of the piece.
‘’Air View of Spring Nursery’’ was painted in 1966 by Alma Thomas, she was born in Columbus, Georgia, and died in Washington, D.C. Alma Thomas developed her signature style—large, abstract paintings filled with dense, irregular patterns of bright colors—in her 70s (‘’National Museum’’). Her artwork is known for being very abstract. I most centrally believe this masterpiece achieves its purpose and it’s very beautiful. ‘’Air View of Spring Nursery’’ is part of a series of works called "Earth Paintings" that were inspired by " leaves and flowers tossing in the winds as though they were …show more content…
Thomas was especially influenced by displays of azaleas she saw in Washington, D.C. acrylic on canvas (‘’Air View of a Spring Nursery 1966’’). Alma’s art piece is very neat, and it appeals to my neat personality I dislike seeing this out of order and jumbled up being very neat gives me a clear mind to really focus on what I need to do or find. If you haven’t seen flowers from above as they bloom in the spring, you probably need to look up a picture to compare it to see what Alma’s trying to make her viewer see. At first I thought her painting was just colored lines but as I focused it remind me of a field of crops because I used to live in Miami where there is a lot of agriculture. I think I would not be able to see what alma Thomas purpose in her art if it was not