John Cage was an American, born in 1912 and was known for being a composer, music theorist and artist. Most of his work consists of loose lines, negative space and lines. When creating a piece, Cage will listen to music and paint what he feels, making a lot of his work emotional. I find his work very calming because of the colours used and the loos-ness of the brushstrokes. Most of his work is made by using watercolour, which gives a faded look. Negative space has a lot great importance to his pieces as it makes the patterns/lines more effective and eye-catching. Also, the patterns guid you around the paintings. If the paintings where more filled it would too busy and over whelming, I feel. with repeatedly layering thin lines, he creating an effective piece, I would like to experiment with this in my own work and try different paper for a background, as I have only been using white coloured paper and feel it would be interesting to use a more beige colour for collage.
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