I believe what best influences my own artwork is Romanticism. I am more attuned with the imagination, creativity, and subjectivity of it all. I often don't see art in a rational ideal of how the world is. Everything is subjective after all, when it comes to how we see and view the world. What I love about Romanticism is the point that emotions are important as well. We aren't purely logical beings and that is important as it's also tied to naturalism and preserving the past, compared to being cold and focusing on the future kind of thing. For my work, I take inspiration from Romanticism and add my own originality to it by using a lot of cool colors, while the warm colors are used for the audience to lend a hand.
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya and Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog encapsulate Romanticism perfectly. The Third of May 1808 focuses on the depiction of the public execution of several Spaniards by Napoleonic troops. The painting is revolutionary in its unheroic treatment, the flatness of its perspective, and its matte, almost granular pigments. For Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, it shows an aristocratic man stepping out upon a rocky crag as he surveys the landscape before him, with his back shown towards the viewer. It depicts a solitary figure standing as a byronic hero in an overwhelming landscape, overlooking and dominating the view.
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