One cannot but encounter the fact that a variety of art directions comes to directly allude to all the complexity of human beings and that each art work emerges to be far from being uniform in terms of visual elements and the context itself. Contemplating upon the tendencies in art, it is important to draw particular attention to magical realism that “relies more than most upon the belief, the perspective and the willingness to change those beliefs and perspectives of the reader or viewer” (Bowers 123); the focus here lies in arguing that the given artistic movement can be identified as full of revolutionary new approaches to encapsulating the leitmotif in art works. Significantly, to come to understanding an unprecedentedly huge legacy of magical realism perspective of the way it actually rejuvenated painting techniques, it is worth making an emphasis on Clarence Holbrook Carter and his painting Jane Reed and Dora Hunt.

After visiting the Yale University Art Gallery, I had a chance to conduct an in-depth survey on the aforementioned painting, and my insight on magic realism has been expanded dramatically. To be precise, the painting Jane Reed and Dora Hunt endows the viewers with an opportunity to fully enjoy definite color accuracy; in addition, it worth saying that the artist puts special accent on distinguishing color transitions. As for this painting, it becomes apparent that Clarence Holbrook Carter managed to efficiently reflect the public’s sentiments through the sharpened focus on details. Arguably, the oil painting incorporates the overwhelming amount of sensitivity and directs to the artist’s huge talent, respectively. The lines left on the oil canvas enable the viewers to predominantly center on the two moving characters. Obviously, the artist utilizes actual lines in order to convey the factual situation. In addition, it is worth saying that the painting positions itself as the art work based on rounded forms of nature. Moreover, it becomes clear that the artist focuses on creating identifiable boundaries. Surely, the oil canvas occurs as two-dimensional art work that aims to freeze time.

After a thorough consideration, one can vividly see the palette of contrasting tones; Carter seemingly puts a lot of effort into getting to know what makes the color change. It is inevitable that Carter attempts to increase unity through the dimension of proximity. A peculiar thing is that the viewers can observe degrees of unity, which constitutes the aspect of variety. Jane Reed and Dora Hunt can be characterized by being entirely balanced in terms of distributing the weight among the visual units; yet, one cannot help but become aware that the animated graphics occurs as a dominant form. To put it another way, the artist pays special attention to the women who are involved in colleting the lumps of coal along the track; and the landscapes backgrounds operate in opposition to turbulent and hectic reality of the two women. Carter indisputably makes an emphasis on a steady flow pattern that he yet dilutes with the elements of internal contrast; the thing is that the harsh reality that women pass through contrasts with the quiet of surrounding landscapes. The size relationship between the objects helps the viewers reveal the context of Carter’s work mentally. Regarding the proportion, it is well designed to explore visual elements as parts of a whole.

Looking into the core of Carter’s art work, one can assume that the artist was much driven by militaristic times of 20th century in general and the Great Depression in particular. Yes, relying on Contextual theories, one can conclude that Jane Reed and Dora Hunt was much inspired by hectic times that rural America was forced to face due to economic unsteadiness; the art work cannot but mirror a high degree of hardship due to the fact that the women clearly demonstrate all the depression that it is extremely hard to cope with. Taking a view of this art work from the perspective of Expressive theories, it appears to be certain that the oil canvas represents the artist’s ailing awareness of hard times that people are confronted with. Additionally, the artist definitely aims to continue to broaden the horizon on the unknown sides of human being.

One cannot but give the art work credit for catching the viewers’ attention; its vague composition does prompt the viewers to elaborate on a new stance towards the all-round facets of human identity. The subject matter of the art work is evidently the artist’s excursus into what extent a person is likely to adjust to the calamities. In my view, Carter’s work emerges to be reminiscent of 20th century fearful premise, and it affects me in a way that I become more aware of what needs to be currently valued. Overall, I must admit that Jane Reed and Dora Hunt is absolutely worth looking through, since it gives the chance to get closer to an adequate response to people’s limitless adaptability.