Gilcrease Museum

Robert Spencer, Afternoon Bathers,
Oil on Canvas,
On loan to Gilcrease Museum from the Bank of America Collection

My visit to the Gilcrease Museum was quite enjoyable. During my tour of Impressionist art, I realized the many ways of painting with oil. You can paint with long strokes, short strokes, and very short strokes that appear as large dots. Some painting used a variety of brush strokes. I think that I like the combination of strokes rather then just the use of one. It gives the painting character. Another thing that I noticed was the skies in these paintings. Turquoise, pale green, light green, sage, orange, violet, blue, grey, white, pink-The color choice of these skies seemed very important. They set the mood. If the day was bright and cheery, turquoise, light green, and blues were used. On dreary days, the sky was painted in grey, and pale green with orange, violet, and pink scattered amongst the clouds. This visit was very educational.