House Near Corner

05/04/2010

House Near Corner

This was painted from my front porch of a house that is about a half block away. I enjoy the contrast of shapes -- hard edge versus amorphous, which is kind of a compositional no-brainer.

May 4, 2010 9:58:30 PM | Paintings

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I LOVE THIS ONE! COMPOSITIONALLY,IT MAY BE A NO-BRAINER FOR AN ARTIST TO PAINT CONTRASTING SHAPES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME,YO HAVE PAINTED A VERY SPECIAL, AND UNIQUE SCENE BECAUSE OF YOUR TALENT OF PICKING THIS PARTICULAR SITE TO PAINT. AGAIN, YOU HAVE CREATED BEAUTY WHERE THERE WAS NONE.

Posted by: GARLICPARISI | 06/06/2010 at 03:57 PM

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