Well... I'm not sure...

10 years 6 months ago #306033 by John Landolfi
.....what do you think? Please, click the photo for a better view.


Seattle-2013II-Abstract-No-7 by gianbur , on Flickr


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10 years 6 months ago #306047 by garyrhook
I like the colors in the top half, but I'm not convinced by the square, half-and-half composition with markedly differing textures. This is turned on its side, right?


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10 years 6 months ago #306065 by John Landolfi
Right. :)


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10 years 6 months ago #306071 by garyrhook
I'd remove the top 25% and go back to a 2x3 format, using the top line of the round-y part as the horizon line. Removing a lot of the metal allows those reflections to become more interesting, much like clouds in the sky.

But that's just me. I'm going to get a bumper sticker or a tattoo that says that.


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10 years 6 months ago #306119 by John Landolfi
I see where you are going, Gary. I did have something in mind though, more symbolic than representational. I thought of the upper "metal" part as large, crashing surf, about to overwhelm the "calm" pond below. I was thinking of the changes Jimi Hendrix made in music with his radical concepts. It didn't seem too far fetched, since the architect, Frank Gehry, used surface forms whose cross-sections are sine wave curves throughout the EMP, a tribute to Hendrix, to connote music. But, maybe I've been smoking too much...
Thanks for your comments! :cheers:


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10 years 6 months ago - 10 years 6 months ago #307011 by Scotty
For abstract it kind of clashes, almost too busy. I dunno. Just doesn't do it for me. The ones you directed me from in the other thread were better 10 fold. :kmonst:

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10 years 6 months ago #307015 by John Landolfi

Scotty wrote: For abstract it kind of clashes, almost too busy. I dunno. Just doesn't do it for me. The ones you directed me from in the other thread were better 10 fold. :kmonst:


Thanks, Scotty. As I said, I'm not sure...but I'm getting there.


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10 years 6 months ago #313611 by Exposure Tours
I dont mind it as a background for an overlay or to support a larger body of work in the same style
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10 years 6 months ago #313643 by John Landolfi
I'm not sure I understand your comment, but thanks for making it!


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10 years 6 months ago #313655 by Pettigrew
Interesting, I do like it. Has an abstract artsy feeling to it.

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10 years 6 months ago #313663 by John Landolfi
Thanks for commenting! It's growing on me.... :)


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