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Little Apprentice |
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 The young man in this painting is Jimmy Stump, Starr's grandson. Jimmy has a love of art and often paints with Starr. She believes that he has artistic potential. When Jimmy was 20 months old, he was diagnosed with cancer which required surgical intervention. Presently the disease is in remission.When Starr was a young lady, she encountered a violent storm while aboard a ship. She found that calm, dark, blue water could quickly turn into a raging storm. In this painting, the dark blue color is used in abundance. Starr is expressing the cancer that is likened to tranquil water as a possibility that the cancer could return. Her trepidation is that a tempest could turn these placid waters into profound danger. By using black in her painting, Starr is expressing the deep pain she felt duringher grandson's illness. Black is used to mean unendurable, dark, and mysterious. She rarely uses black in the artistic pictures she paints, and when she does, it has a significant meaning. Red colors are frequently used in her artistic paintings , describing the love, devotion and adoration she has for her grandson. In the foreground and background, Starr has made horse drawings to express the significance of a mental refuge. As a young girl with polio, white horses took her mind off of the pain and despair. Starr is expressing that she is ready to help Jimmy if ever needed. In the background's tapestry, the lady holding the unicorn is a representation of Starr (This is often the case in the backgrounds she paints.) comparing the color and detail painted in the tapestry of the artistic picture "Three Graces" to the tapestry of "Little Apprentice," shows the importance that Starr places in the foreground and the background of the painting. In "Three Graces," the tapestry and background area is painted without color; the figures, again in exemplification of Starr, are painted as loose as she can bring herself to paint. At this point, in her life, Starr's romantic relationship was inadequate. She was burdened with frustration and despair. Starr expresses this through the lack of color and detail in this paintings background (Starr uses the background colors to define real life, the actual, and the reality in her paintings.) The foreground in "Three Graces," is painted in brilliant translucent colors. By doing this, Starr is expressing her wants and desires, fantasies, capabilities, and the possibilities in a beautiful relationship. In the foreground and background of this painting, Starr is showing how large the gap is between what she wants and what she has. The foreground and background in the artistic picture "Little Apprentice," are painted equal, both have the same rich colors and detail. Starr is expressing that the real and the possibility are the same. Her relationship with her grandson is perfect. The "Little Apprentice" tapestry is filled with green vegetation. Her ability to have rejuvenated her own health, gives her the confidence to assist her grandson. Most of Starr's paintings contain green colors. Here she expresses rejuvenation, clean air, fragrant odors, and a natural and healthy lifestyle. In this tapestry Starr is showing her love and readiness to assist Jimmy if needed. In the foreground of the painting there is an apple, also expressing health. Starr is carefully tying the unity of the foreground and background together. This seldom occurs in her realism paintings, and is an additional expression of the beauty in thmukulele. Here Starr is expressing the artistic qualities she sees in him, the budding artist. Starr uses browns sparingly and does not attach meaning to this color.
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Three Graces |
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 In this painting, there are crimson and red warm colors. Here Starr places a different meaning to these colors. The separation is found in the objects, the warm colors in this artistic picture of "Three Graces" are a representation of love, romance and sensuality.The lace on the table is a representation of femininity. It embodies grace, white strands for pureness, covering the table while still exposing it. There are boundaries, yet freedom. Skillful, seductive and beautiful. The fine white china with gold trim is well crafted. Related to lace, yet different. Starr expresses and extrapolates other qualities of being a woman. The china has distinct boundaries, exact mannerisms, self-discipline, and purpose. It is golden, elegantly dressed and capable. This is placed over the lace to bring dignity to sensuality. The china is filled with strawberries, the representation of desire, performing, passion and affection. Some of the strawberries are off of the china, and that represents a spilling over of desires.
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