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Parallel Universes, by Dennis
Adams Dennis displays a smorgasbord
of colors, texture and feelings in his Mindbending Digital Art
exhibit. Dennis has some element of photography in each but makes no
attempt to represent physical objects accurately. These are clearly
in the metaphysical world of imagination, feelings and abstraction.
Parallel Universes is a wonderful example of his work.
Compositionally, Dennis has covered most everything:
the rule of thirds, lines, triangles, and varying brilliant
color. Checking Google, the idea of parallel universes is an
abstract concept of a conjectured set of multiple possible
universes, including ours, which make up reality. How often does one
say, “Well, in another life, I did . . . . If I hadn’t taken that
choice, I probably . . . .”
Every choice we make creates an alternate reality from the
one we are in at any second. Physicists hypothesis that our ‘real’ universe
was created from a big bang. One can think of Dennis’ image as an
individual life beginning with birth, represented by the burst of
light in the upper third left quadrant. The majority of the lines
emanating from that point represent a ‘life line.’ Some are long and
straight, others take a sharp turn, some are shorter and seem to end
in clouds and others are disrupted from other lines seemingly coming
out of nowhere. It is likely, that all of us can say that we are not
the same person we were 5, 10, 20 or 30 years ago. What events,
decisions or people disrupted the timeline we saw for ourselves at
different times in our life? What do you think Dennis meant by Parallel
Universes? Iguana
by Clyde Comstock We are very pleased to have Clyde as a
visiting artist for the next several months. Once again Clyde has presented a beautiful
collection of natural photographs, focusing on a recent trip to
Costa Rica. The iguana is perhaps one of the most interesting
members of the reptile family and Clyde has captured the beauty and
elegance of this animal in its natural habitat. This is always a
challenge. Clyde has done a masterful job in making a
technically superb image of an amazing subject!
Quartet There is a lot to consider in this photograph
that many people, including photographers miss. The end product is a
compilation of many detailed considerations. Pressing the shutter is
actually a small part of it.
First, it’s important to know that Tim used his COVID time to
actually repair and rebuild these four beautiful instruments. The
next step is to “stage” the guitars so that they interact with one
another. If Tim had
simply stood the four guitars against the wall, there would be no
communication between the instruments. These are carefully placed to
create motion within the image. A little twist here, a small turn
there… and then laying one down contradicting the vertical-ness of
the photograph. The lighting is impeccable. The faces of the guitars
glow with warm hues. The necks blend into the dark background making
a connection with their surroundings. The small space of wood floor
compliments the tonality of the guitar surfaces. Finally, Tim
selected to make this a tight square print with a large matt.
This technique keeps the observer “in the photograph” by
separating it from other elements surrounding it.
The tight square also does not let our attention move out of
the frame. We are captured and it’s difficult to move away from this
photograph. Congratulations Tim.
This is a very fine and well thoughtout photograph. We
appreciate you sharing it with us.
Crossing Over by
Dick Thomas In Dick’s write-up of his current show he
talks about creating an emotional response in the eyes of the
viewer. His photograph Crossing Over definitely provides
that. The simple subject of a bridge leading to a tree draws
you into the image immediately, having your eyes walk up the steps
of the bridge towards the tree. | ||||||||||||
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