The message of the painting is sometimes difficult to identify if one does not know what the artist wanted to say. Moreover, if we know nothing about the painter, his life, and the period of life when the painting was drawn, the task becomes more difficult. However, at the same time, the lines, the color, shades, and the very object of the painting. Of course, different people may see various messages of the painting, however, due to the fact the people who live in the same country and have the same culture have a similar understanding of the signs most people see the same message.
The painting “Lori” by Traci Morgan shows a woman who seems to sit near the wall. This woman is thinking about something. Looking at the painting under discussion, we do not see a woman’s eyes as hair covers them, however, it is possible to predict that the painting is about a lonely woman who stays alone in her flat and thinks about her life. However, she may read something serious as to take off the hair out of her face she throws back her hand apart from doing it stretching her hand before her eyes.
The impression of the woman’s loneliness is created also by the colors chosen by the painter. It seems that grey colors are dominating and the instances of pink do not create a positive atmosphere but add to the groom’s mood. After a thorough and attentive look at the picture, it becomes obvious that the grey and pink colors are not the only ones. Green is also present with brown, and one sees that pink is dominating; however, its combination with grey does not make it bright. Looking at the colors one may believe that the author intentionally wanted to create the groom’s mood, however, being sad, the painting does not create a negative or pessimistic impression.
The lines are not accurate, it seems that the artist used smears while creating the painting. Shades play a great role. The only attentive look helps understand how many parts of the picture are created using shade. Shade plays a really important role as it helps understand that the body is hilled, that the woman is thinking about something. There are a lot of different signs that help understand the woman in thinking about something.
I am sure that the main message a painter wanted to deliver to the audience is the thoughts of a woman about 30 about her loneliness. I suppose that women above 30 who are not married are to recognize themselves. The message of the painting is to show how being older people think about the problems which bother them. The impression is that a woman is not married, either she has never been married or she is divorced.
Even though the audience is unable to see the face of a woman, to notice the impression of her eyes, it is possible to read the life experience on her face, it is possible to see that she is not killed with sorrow, she is just sad about something maybe she is thinking to abut life and tries to draw some conclusions about what she had achieved and at the same time she understands that she has much time ahead.