Analysis of Two Artists

London 1 by Holly Thoburn. 
Holly Thoburn was born in 1979 and raised in London and this is the inspiration for her pieces of artwork. This is evident in London 1, as it abstract and contains graffiti. Holly has done many exhibitions over the years. Her most recent one was ‘Pieces of Heaven’group show/charity auction, The Art of Elysium , Los Angeles, California, USA 2013. 
This piece, titled London 1, is mixed media on canvas. the mixed media includes spray paint, used to write words graffiti style on the canvas. There are many of these graffitied words all over the piece. The background colour used is orange, a secondary colour. The artwork has been composed so that the viewer's eye travels from top left to bottom right, from where there is barley anything to where there is much to look at. 


Tough Act To Follow by Michel Keck.
Michel Keck is an abstract artist who uses a variety of media in her work. She creates art on a regular basis after serious health problems from a raw food diet. She is a self taught artist fro the mid- west. Her paintings have been shown  all over the world, in places like London, New York, Las Vegas and many more.
The piece, Tough Act To Follow, seems to be a mix of earthy colours. It has a large amount of red, a primary colour, in the piece. The piece has been composed so that the viewer's eye travels from bottom right to top left where there is more colour and layering. 

Both Thoburn and Keck use mixed media in their works. However, unlike Thoburn, Keck uses a variety of colours in her work. Thoburn uses one to two colours in her pieces creating a simple but effective look. Keck, on the hand, uses a wide range of colours in her work, creating a layered, textured effect. Text is something which Thoburn uses in many of her works but Keck does not uses text at all.