[Aquanet] Claudia's painting

[Patrick Davis]

Hi, gang

I have been away for quite a while; in fact, it seems I have not been 
home any length of time forever. In any event, I just got a good chance 
to view Claudia's submission for this month's critique.

In her explanation, Claudia notes she was trying for a more abstract and 
free expression, and I feel she has achieved this very well. That said, 
I don't think she is giving herself enough credit as I have long been a 
fan of her work, and I think she has often abstracted very well from 
nature.

In this painting, I love the texture she achieves, especially in the 
foreground, and I also applaud her for her sense of colour unity. (I see 
that in almost all of her work and have long wished I could do it as 
well as she.)

I do think there is a bit of a problem with composition here. I realize 
that composition is very individualistic, but I am not a fan of 
symmetry, and this painting is quite symmetrical. In addition, the 
roundish dip in the mountains that cradles the moon is a bit off-putting 
to me. I think maybe an overlap might have worked better.

To iterate, I am an admirer of Claudia's painting and despite my 
comments, I am also an admirer of THIS painting.


FWIW
Pat


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/pipermail/aquanet/attachments/20111029/14495ffe/attachment.html>