[audio description of "Victory" (A)]
Source
Publisher
UNC Greensboro University Libraries
Date
2021-22
Contributor
Rights
All rights reserved
Relation
Click to explore other items related to the present record:
P026 [painting], C026-A [audio interpretation], C026-B [audio interpretation]
P026 [painting], C026-A [audio interpretation], C026-B [audio interpretation]
Format
Type
Identifier
D026-A
Transcription
This artwork is entitled “Victory” and was created for Tamika Polk, an Industries of the Blind employee, by the artist Melanie Antle, a student at UNCG.
The original artwork was created using pastels on paper and features a person’s hand grasping a handle attached to a dog’s harness in the middle of the drawing; together, the pair emerge out of a grey darkness at the bottom of the drawing, and are traveling up a sidewalk toward a bright, yellow sun that bathes the sidewalk in yellows, oranges, and bright pinks.
The arm reaches in from the bottom edge of the composition, grips the round handle with their right hand. The drawing shows the perspective of this person, so the back of the hand is visible as they hold on to the handle. Since the only visible part of the person is the hand, we, the audience, are positioned like it’s our own arm. The arm is mostly in grey shadows, but the outside contours of the arm, wrist, and knuckles are illuminated by the horizon ahead and reveal warm brown skin.
Above the knuckles, toward the center of the composition, is the dog’s head. The dog is depicted from above and behind, so we feel like we are positioned at an angle just behind the dog. Although we only see it from behind and cannot see its face, the dog appears to be a golden retriever: there are white lines on its back and neck showing its smooth long fur. With its ears down and soft, the dog seems calm and focused on what’s ahead.
Beyond the person and dog, in the upper half of the drawing, the sidewalk continues and narrows as it reaches a horizon line at the top middle of the composition. Along our left side is a flat wall, that gets lighter and pinker toward the horizon. On the right is an empty charcoal grey ground. Across the horizon line, there are smooth, cylindrical outlines of buildings – three on the left and five on the right. Our attention is drawn to the center of the horizon line where the glowing bright yellow sun hangs in a tiny patch of sky between the buildings. The sunlight glows orange on the sidewalk below and becomes pink on the sidewalk closest to us.
At the center of the composition are the words “Victory’s Coming,” in bright pink cursive letters, which the artist carefully stitched into the paper using thick embroidery thread. The phrase is in an elegant wavy line that extends across the composition, with the dog’s head in between the two words. The text visually cuts the composition in half: in the lower half are the dog and the person’s hand, all rendered in dark and grey colors. In the upper half, the warm sun casts vibrant yellow, orange, and pink light across the horizon line.
Under the upbeat phrase “Victory’s coming,” together the person and dog confidently advance toward an optimistic future just beyond the bright horizon line.
The original artwork was created using pastels on paper and features a person’s hand grasping a handle attached to a dog’s harness in the middle of the drawing; together, the pair emerge out of a grey darkness at the bottom of the drawing, and are traveling up a sidewalk toward a bright, yellow sun that bathes the sidewalk in yellows, oranges, and bright pinks.
The arm reaches in from the bottom edge of the composition, grips the round handle with their right hand. The drawing shows the perspective of this person, so the back of the hand is visible as they hold on to the handle. Since the only visible part of the person is the hand, we, the audience, are positioned like it’s our own arm. The arm is mostly in grey shadows, but the outside contours of the arm, wrist, and knuckles are illuminated by the horizon ahead and reveal warm brown skin.
Above the knuckles, toward the center of the composition, is the dog’s head. The dog is depicted from above and behind, so we feel like we are positioned at an angle just behind the dog. Although we only see it from behind and cannot see its face, the dog appears to be a golden retriever: there are white lines on its back and neck showing its smooth long fur. With its ears down and soft, the dog seems calm and focused on what’s ahead.
Beyond the person and dog, in the upper half of the drawing, the sidewalk continues and narrows as it reaches a horizon line at the top middle of the composition. Along our left side is a flat wall, that gets lighter and pinker toward the horizon. On the right is an empty charcoal grey ground. Across the horizon line, there are smooth, cylindrical outlines of buildings – three on the left and five on the right. Our attention is drawn to the center of the horizon line where the glowing bright yellow sun hangs in a tiny patch of sky between the buildings. The sunlight glows orange on the sidewalk below and becomes pink on the sidewalk closest to us.
At the center of the composition are the words “Victory’s Coming,” in bright pink cursive letters, which the artist carefully stitched into the paper using thick embroidery thread. The phrase is in an elegant wavy line that extends across the composition, with the dog’s head in between the two words. The text visually cuts the composition in half: in the lower half are the dog and the person’s hand, all rendered in dark and grey colors. In the upper half, the warm sun casts vibrant yellow, orange, and pink light across the horizon line.
Under the upbeat phrase “Victory’s coming,” together the person and dog confidently advance toward an optimistic future just beyond the bright horizon line.
Original Format
Painting
Duration
3 minutes, 18 seconds
Collection
Citation
Nicole Scalissi and John Taylor, “[audio description of "Victory" (A)],” accessed April 28, 2024, https://uncglibraries.com/publicart/items/show/107.