For my final Blog entry i decided to look at a painting by the art it Graham Sutherland. This particular painting by Graham Sutherland has been my favourite example of portraiture for the past three of four years, and as i have recently had the pleasure to re discover all of his work due to my context essay i decided i would like to do a small piece about his painting of Somerset Maugham. firstly looking only at the composition we can see sutherland has painted Maugham from a slight low angle giving the impression of superiority and an overall authoritative manner. the rectangular shape of the painting gives the figure even more hight making him more imposing. You ant take your eyes off him, the angler nature of his garments and the knowing look of his achievements and his celebrity. His clear distinguished nature emanates from him. The yellow in both the background and his skin tone is perfectly complimented by the warm maroon tones of his scald, the pice is over all warm in its pallet an inviting, although somerset exudes superiority, it is in a content non threatening way, the viewer knows this is a man demanding and deserving of our respect.