Christopher Richard Wynne - A starshell 1916
At first when I looked at this painting I thought it was a peaceful image, as it does not use too many colours which can be distracting, it uses warm light pastel colours for the star and dark contrasting colours for the rest of the image, which emphasis the star and its glowing shine. I think that the background where the image is set, isn’t very clear. At first sight I thought that the area closest to the audience was the sea but then I realised they are rocks.
The artist Christopher Richard Wynne intended this painting to represent how an explosion of a star shell can illuminate the surrounding like a bright star. We’re not certain but people believe that this piece was painted after he was too ill to continue in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
I quite like this painting because it makes me think of the North star, makes me feel that the star will guide me to a safer place, away from the dark lonely place. It also makes me feel that the are is peaceful as there is nothing disrupting in that image, and the main focus is the star.
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