Work: The Cow(1910) is a piece made with oil on canvas. I picked it because it raised questions for me. True to its name, it depicts what looks to be a cow and the woman possibly milking it. True to Kandinsky's style, he does not use realistic colors in depicting any of the elements of the painting. He has an even balance of cool and warm colors, but very little dull and neutral ones. There is also variation in how the colors interact with one another on the canvas and how Kandinsky is using that to draw different things. In certain parts of the painting, the colors blend together smoothly, but in others there is a very clear divide between two colors. I realized that this may be related to the specific element he was painting. For example, there is what seems to be a castle and a village in the background. Both these elements use orthogonal shapes and have clear color divides with other elements. However, the the cow and the woman use more organic angles and their colors bleed in with the surrounding landscape. This may be to illustrate a divide between life and the products of society.