Hinsel Scott 04 Feb 2005

i really like it. don't feel poorly alot of people just aren't comfortable with art thats not 'of' a specific thing rendered in a familiar way to them.

i think you colors are lovely and i really like that rich blue against the more rusty red. i find the little reversed inset portion at the bottom adds a nice touch, giving the viewer more than just the balance of the two opposing sides.

i wouldn't say you've made any mistakes per se. people just look and move on alot of times - thats just how it is - no fault on your part in this case in my opinion. all you gotta do is keep creating!!

RQ Trietsch 04 Feb 2005

My guess would be, they look at it and see a rotated clone with the color changed on one.

Perhaps a story line would help it along, to create an expression to justify the piece??

Lance Rubin 04 Feb 2005

I agree with RQ about the clone thing. It borders on becoming wallpaper when that is happening. Lets face it... wallpaper doesn't really get emotive responses. To my way of thinking, if you do some repetition, have a reason for it. Example: Andy Warhols serigraphs are repetitive, but they vary in color scheme, and treatment. Also a part of the repetition is the "pop art" factor in his case mimicking a grocery shelf.

Unicorns. Well, people either really really love 'em, or are completely not interested in them I have found. I happen to not get excited about them myself, but that has nothing at all to do with your ability. Some like representational art, while others like abstraction...

The middle rectange that's inverted/reversed out: it just distracts from the composition. It takes away more than it adds.

I see this piece as decorative. It would be a nice accent (without the distractions) on a piece of furniture, or maybe as a carving.

I don't mean to belittle it, but I think the shape of it, and the lines/outlines are very nice, and have a certain elegance.

This looks like something you did with traditional materials, and then played with it a bit using your image editing software. I think you would have been better off just using the traditional materials for now.

You have to be careful using Photoshop, etc. because it's easy to get carried away.

Good luck!

cramer 04 Feb 2005

very nice work..i seen this on your page and looked at it for a while...i think some people look at art and just dont know what to think of it especialy non artists...some pieces get alot of wows and whoas so get a funny face and a page turn....dont mean its not good art

cramer 04 Feb 2005

i agree with rq in that people notice the concept of the inverted mirror image and loose sight of the actual image...just certain psychologial things...try showing someone the actual image and then show em solid color squares in that inverted design u used...see what happens

N. Michael Bryant 04 Feb 2005

I have an idea that "might" be helpful. Instead of centering the image, what if you played around with the entire space of the canvas? Off-centered, maybe masking some of an image. something that might draw people into thinking about what they are not seeing instead of what they are seeing. I think it has alot of possibilites and I think everyone has some great ideas to help you out.

william hessian 04 Feb 2005

i really like michaels' comments. the image is very nice, i love the colors and the shapes, however I don't care for the balance of it, is seems for too quilt-like, or patternesque (if that's a word). The unicorn shapes are wonderful and very appealing to me, but having two of them mirroring each other takes away from the unique form itself.

The colors are very enjoyable, and different than the norm. In future works if you used some of what Michael said, about not being so structurally balanced, and play with unique composition. I love the idea of hiding part of the image, it would draw the viewer in.

I'm very interested to see what else you produce, because you have a very unique touch which is essential to creating art.

Billy

matthew johnson 05 Feb 2005

my opinion is that the subject matter is not the problem, the color contrast seems to bounce off one another in a negative way, i think the image would of been better if you kept it to the pastel color pallet, it would be softer on the eye. but heres a note you might want to consider. never let anyone else grade your paper if your proud of your work and you feel its your most acomplished piece of 2004 then screw what anyone else has to say about. just keep working and creating and dont focus on what people have to say. let the work speak for it self. no story line needs to be made let the viewer do that on thier own. mystery is power. keep that in mind. m

Kari Franklin 06 Feb 2005

Just MHO :-)I'm pretty subjective when it comes to art. So I'm going to approach this from a personal reaction level.

I found myself staring at this piece a little while. I also noticed that my eyes kept moving around.

That usually means that something is bothering me about what I'm looking at and my mind was trying to *do* something with the image,(possibly draw a connection between the juxtaposed colors)

Not necessarily a bad thing, simply my personal reaction. Point is, it got a pretty long glance from me...lol

People may like or not like and image for various reasons, but sometimes response to a piece just depends on the perceptions of your audience.I don't think you did anything "wrong" with the image :-)

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