A Mango-Tangle of Colors

Posted on August 12, 2009

The abstract images below started as photographs of one large mango and six small ones.

The first image is more or less the original mango colors. Stored sunshine. The other two emerged as I was working with the image. For me — even though there is little or no content to the images — they each evoke a different reaction and different feelings. While I have a favorite, looking at the three together raises a question.

“I like art that makes me smile,” I’ve been told. Many people do, and many also don’t like — and don’t respond to — art that evokes less positive emotions. But does that make it any less valid?

Mango 1

Mango 1

Mango 2

Mango 2

Mango 3

Mango 3

 Category: A new image, Abstract, Issues for artists, Still life    Tagged: , , , ,

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