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Artists express themselves through their work. This is a common phrase that I am sure everyone has heard. It can be easily found true among many paintings, one being entitled Marketing. This painting by Robert Gwathmey uses colors, figures, and shapes to elaborate deeply into what is seemingly a very simplistic painting. By analyzing the painting you begin to see elaborate detail used to create a very naïve and basic environment. As you first look at the painting you notice the wide variety of colors from the signs on the side of the building. As you look you see bright signs used to grab the attention of passersby. That along with the types of signs leads you to the conclusion that is a store of some sorts. The colors in the background, a shady blue in the sky, a red clay field, and a brown dirt road all give the scene a rural setting, repr