a multi-disciplinary dialog
To illustrate a simple poem, I went to a textile shop in the old garment center of Manhattan and bought the dull yellow linen for the background and patches of colorful silk. Troels was doubtful when I showed him the mix of colors and announced that they would turn it into a wall hanging (40 x 55″). Now, a few years later, he still likes the outcome.
Possible points of interest in posts and comments:
(1) Information on artistic methods applicable to several disciplines
(2) Practical aspects – framing pictures, book keeping, time keeping
(3) Creative process in art
(4) Art history
(5) Other interests
Please feel free to criticize and add other interests. We can continue discussing them in future.
I am interested in motion in a 3-dimensional context (5). My photograph barely captures the sharp drop-off to the lake and there is no motion to speak of. How can this landscape be imaged in a more interesting way? Would it help to change the medium?
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Lake Michigan beside the Sleeping Bear Dunes shows a gradient of colors in the sun. The distant deep water looks purple, closer to the shore it turns blue. Small waves breaking on the sand are turquoise green.
