by Trevor Hurst
Salvador Dali painted this piece known as The Melting Watch in 1954. The main idea of through that he was trying to portray was the presence of a dreamlike quality and ghostly appearance to accentuate the mysterious and unexplainable nature of the painting. When I look at this painting I am reminded about the concept of time and how it is something that many try to conquer and master but time itself is always something that slips through a person's fingers, always fleeting, in a constant state of motion. Withing the painting the watch is slowly melting with the number flying away. wth a portion of the block fading away revealing the background that it was trying to hide. The watch is the main focus of the painting as the gold color is in contrast to the shading, to outline the objects with the painting. The style, earth tone colors, and the emotions he was able to create brings the painting to life.
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