Image Description I

The impractical painting shows an image of wonders that anyone might has in one’s mind and not in one’s head. It is almost like the painting has been created by the sum of those wonders that have drifted in the air. Two numbers of each rainbow, child, and blue bird play important role in three different placements of the painting, creating a well-balanced composition with the vanishing point in the center.

Bright, dreamy landscape is spread over the horizon with two rainbows on each side, one heading toward left while the other one heading toward right. They are not like mediocre rainbows but much richer in quality and heavier in weight. Instead of consisting the vivid seven different colors, they emit variable gold colors that are caused by richness of earth underneath and pureness of air. The earth itself emits dazzling radiancy outward, which is even more blinding than the sun and clearer than sky.

Thousands and millions of wee white lights that resemble featherweight soap bubbles, diamonds of the first water, or even lights as faint as the glow of fireflies are floating all around the space. However, these lights become dull, turning into dark red and blue colours that are not as bright as the center section of the picture. They becomes dull as they get far away from the rainbows roots and come closer to the thickets of thorn close to the edges of the picture.

The thickets of thorns operate as a hedge to this visionary land emphasizing the preciousness of the place by not being an easy access. These thickets also work almost as a grotto by showing the dreamy landscape in the center of the image and gradually shifting colors to black toward all around the edges. The world seems to be shown through an opening of a grotto from the inside to the outside. Here, dusky red and blue lights seem to become raspberries and blueberries enclosing the aperture.

Two children already had passed through the thorn thickets and they are now standing on the edge of a hill not far from each other. A girl and, standing to her right, a boy, who only show their backs, are looking down the hill and quite surprised by the unspeakable, magnificent spectacle. The girl with short hair that barely touches her shoulders is opening her arms wide as if it is possible to hold this otherworldly place. The boy, who is about three inches shorter than the girl, is reaching out his left arm to grab drifting white lights. Due to the refulgence of the middle foreground, it is hard to make out the children’s characteristics. Only their silhouettes provide an idea of the children’s size and shape.

Two blue birds, which might symbolize happiness, are flying over the thorn thickets behind each child. The blue bird on the left faces the bird on the right, in turn, the bird on the right gazes out to the same place as the children. They seem to live in the thorn thickets, echoing blue and red colors of berries on their feathers, and had led the children to find their way out. The light shimmers off their wings softly, also emphasizing the smoothness and roundness of their bodies. In contrast, the dramatic shift of light on the thorns and the aperture of the grotto accentuate their surfaces’ roughness and flatness.

The strong contrast between foreground and background, along with powerful lighting, characterize the whole image and evoke a daydreaming touch. There appear to be three spatial places, front, middle and back. The front space is an opening of the grotto with the blue birds that works almost like a flame for the image. The middle space is taken by two children who seem to mirroring anyone with such inner desire for the happiness. Lastly, the background is the dreamy landscape with two golden rainbows and endless field behind, emphasizing depth. Moreover, the image may even be folded in half to match left to right or vice versa. The image is perfectly balanced by first placing rainbows on each left and right sides, then children below these rainbow roots, and eventually, the blue birds behind the each child.