David Heath Art and Color Analysis

There were many of David Heath's beautiful masterpieces shown at the recent art show on campus. Many aspects of his paintings contribute to the beauty of his works, including texture, composition, and realism, but the most distinguished aspect is his use of color. He excellently uses hues, values, tints, and shades to convey depth and shape that almost make the picture pop out of the frame.

David Heath's most notable style that is visible in all of his paintings is the way he paints the atmosphere and the sky, which create a sense of distance and stillness in the pictures. One of his most famous paintings, "Morning Light", is a perfect example of how he uses color to create depth. The hues in the painting are of relatively low intensity, and it has an overall bluish hue that brings the whole painting together and adds peace and stillness.
To create depth, he adds a bluish hue to the objects that are farther off into the distance in the painting, which visually pulls the distant mountains and trees back. He then uses an orange hue for the landscape that is closer to the painting's viewpoint. Also, the highlights of light in the trees and water in the painting are made with yellow hues, while shadows and dark areas are made with dark shades of blues and greens. These contrasting colors, although very subtle and of low intensity, are very pleasing to the eye.
Overall, David Heath gorgeously and masterfully uses color in his painting "Morning Light" that convey a sense of peace and beauty, while at the same time create almost perfect realism that makes it seems like you could simply walk into the painting.