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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Welcome to our Fine Art group, susan.
I need to purchase this piece for my home. When I first viewed it, I was sure that it was an oil pastel painting and not a photograph. The textures and dynamism of the composition are exquisite. I can't stop looking at this photo. The colors!
I agree with what Valerie said… Indeed, the colors work together deliciously.
Please do an entire series with this style, Susan. And, name the price for a Print on metallic paper.
Can't wait to see what you come up with next. |
Dec 21st |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Now you are speaking my language, Karl. The retired clinical psychologist in me can't help but see an homage to Hermann Rorschach in this delightful abstract image. The symmetry and harmony of tones and shapes is whimsically interrupted with the texture of the beard and the translucence of the glasses. There is a bit of religious iconography that emerges for me, and this piece provides a soothing spiritual experience. The heart is a wonderful and perhaps surprising element. I agree that the fingers extending beyond the implied edges really add dimensionality. Consider enhancing the crucifix shape as an anchor behind the more organic elements of the photo.
This one belongs at MOMA. |
Dec 21st |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Paul Klee meets Keith Haring meets Ansel Adams! Gorgeous photograph. While my eye knows that this is a photograph of living or once - living plants/trees in water, my right brain insists that these are pen-drawn people images depicting a wildly chaotic dance scene in the fog. I wouldn't change a thing. |
Dec 21st |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Cool experiment, and beautiful outcome. While I agree with the group on the ground lines, another way to address the issue would be to stagger the ground lines in a stairstep manner with intentionality. To do this, you could make the ground line of the left most image higher, allowing the middle image to be the "medium" ground line and the rightmost image to be the "low" ground line. I love the illusion of the trees being continued across the triptych lines, well the house and fence structures are obviously separate. The tonality of each of the images is a bit different, and I wonder what would happen if you harmonized them. As is, the left two images are cooler with blue undertones and the rightmost image is a bit warmer with a more yellow undertone.
Great work, and clearly an example of what this category is all about. Thanks for making my brain do some gymnastics |
Dec 21st |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
This image evokes a Sunset Boulevard during the 70s kind of irony between a carefree lifestyle and the desperation of trying to "make it." You definitely caught a moment in time. While I like the monochrome choice, I would be curious to see how adding color to just the red gloves might appear. Not bright red so much, perhaps a more muted dark rose. I also am intrigued by the hand-rolled cigarette. If there is a way for you to bring that out, perhaps through burning out the scarf behind it, I think it would strengthen its impact. The composition is outstanding. Her left hand keeps the eye moving in a circle from the cigarette to her nose tip to her eyes to her messy bun down along the scarf and back to her left hand. The freckles on her face add to the texture of the image.
I would be tempted to darken the background, as it adds texture that does not enhance the already textured subject
Excellent work. |
Dec 21st |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
This is a moment where an image can play wonderful tricks with the eye. All at once I see (1) a macro shot of a simple cellular organism under a microscope, and (2) a complex galaxy-like image of an otherworldly constellation. I enjoyed the imagery that others above conjured--Insects, skeletal structures, veiny leaves. The diversity of things you can see and experience In looking at this art piece reveals its abstract magic. The piece is both minimalistic and intricate. Black and white is the perfect way to feature the contrast between the subject and its surrounding abyss.
One of my favorites ever.
I'd love to see a series of imagery like this. |
Dec 21st |
| 79 |
Dec 18 |
Comment |
Thanks Judith. I like the outer space and go. I immediately went there when you said that. I'm enjoying experimenting with raindrops. |
Dec 21st |
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