Critique #2 -"Jealousy"

When people become jealous, they have different expressions and emotions. Some express anger, sadness or even hostility. Others might not express any emotions but inside they’re having difficulty dealing with it. Judith Redman’s work reminds people of Edvard Munch’s work with jealousy. She dedicates her art work to express emotions that people see every day in society. In the painting, “Jealousy”, Judith Redman emphasizes on cool colors and abstract contrast in order to express the value of how people show facial expressions of envy.

Redman paints portraits and paintings of how people see others in society showing their emotions towards jealousy. She uses cool colors to highlight the importance of strong feelings of others. There’s a dark shade of blues in the background which symbolizes the gloomy and depressing feelings faced by people in society. Many people uses the word “blue” to show how one is sick, disappointed or depressed. The blues in the background causes the viewer to focus on the three bright yellow faces in the middle. The colors show how one can see the miserable facial expressions that are depicted by the effects of jealousy.

The contrast of the blues and yellows in the painting emphasize the importance of how people express jealousy. In the painting, it is dark blue in the background and bright yellow faces upfront which makes the painting balanced and have realism composition. The facial expression of the bigger woman’s face is more serious and miserable than the other women’s faces. Her face is upfront and more noticeable. The other two faces are more tenuous but still show how people are depressed by the input of envy. Their mouths show the lack of emotions and how people distance themselves from society and everyone around them.     

      

The expressions of one’s face impacts on how others discerned their emotions. Most people either want to get revenge or distance themselves from the situation that is making them jealous. Their facial expression can determine which one they want to do. In the painting, “Jealousy,” Judith Redman provides cool colors and abstract contrast to show the importance of people’s facial expressions of envious. Many people demonstrate different actions to express their emotions.