Jockum Nordström

Jockum Nordström is an artist who is known for some of his folk art. He uses a lot of simple shapes to create the bigger picture. He does not include a lot of detail in his drawings. He takes advantage of shading to create the detail he does include in his pieces.




This pieces I found to be somewhat symmetrical and really focused on simple shapes. It is interesting how the black squares in the back of the room are much darker than the people in the front, drawing the viewer's attention to the back. You can even see some of the imperfections of this drawing where he started drawing people and maybe stopped. Or maybe they're ghosts..... probably not.




This piece, I thought, does a good job emphasizing main parts by shading the negative regions. The only white parts are the faces, which brings the viewer's attention to them. Again, the people do not consist of a lot of detail, but are simple drawings.




I felt that this drawing was the most detailed out of the three I chose. There is a lot of shading done in the picture that really brings out some of the finder details in the objects. The part at the top I felt was really cool and drawn well (flows well, evenly spaced, accurate circle, etc.), but it is kind of random with the rest of the picture. The whole piece seems to be out of proportion and floating in mid air.