Entry 18, Character in Painting

  This picture actually has some very deep meanings behind this. When you first notice the picture, you would see that there is a man and a women, both are sitting down, staring into different things and different directions. This room is illuminated by the bright lights at the background which blends in with the shirt color of the women. The man is studying something in his hands, looking directly into it, paying full attention, or he could be thinking of something and therefore playing with his hands. The women, staring towards the man's direction, is also studying something, but something far away, something so far in reach that she does not get up to examine closer. This could also mean that the atmosphere could be awkward, after one of them tells them or admits something to one another, and one of them is trying to think and avoid each other. I believe that there is a meaning behind the color choices of the painter. I believe that the reason why the women is blended into the shiny warm lights in the background and the reason why the guy is blended in with his blazer to the purple wall, is because the author is trying to show the light and darkness of this atmosphere. By what I mean by light and darkness is that maybe the man did something wrong, or is the "darker" one in this situation, and the women is the giving and the thoughtful one who is forgiving him, and that is why she has the bright lights and the yellow shirt blended in. It is like two forces together, but one is always the "right" side.