Critique Of V. Douglas Snow’S Yellow Valley
Regarding his desert paintings, Utahan painter V. Douglas Snow said, “These paintings are far more literal than the uninitiated might suppose; and my mind and my emotions move freely between painting essentially what I see and intensifying what I feel.” One such desert painting is Yellow Valley which is displayed in the “American Dreams” exhibit of the BYU Museum of Art. In Snow’s quote above he implies a dual purpose in creating his work as well as dual affect it can have on the viewer. Snow uses this duality to appeal to his audience on both a superficial and a profound level. In the process he successfully challenges the intellect and the emotions of the viewer.
Note: Due to a limited availability of background information regarding this artist or this piece, this paper will necessarily comprise of more formalist than contextualist analysis; however, valuable insights can still be obtained from this arguably limited view.
Painted in 1977, Yellow Valley is a......
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