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artistic influences
I went down to Bay View tonight, to visit an artist who was showing her work for Gallery Night. I was talking with another photographer. He was looking through my Instagram feed, and he saw a resemblance between some of my abstract works and Mark Rothko's paintings. I thought that was nice.
Later the subject of artistic influences came up. I think he said that it's good for an artist to know their influences. I thought about it, and I can't come up with influences. I just do what I do. My main drive is composition. I'm always looking for balance. Lines, flow. Regardless of the subject, it's the composition that makes it a good image.
I have a better-than-passing familiarity with art and artists in general, which seems to surpass that of most of my compatriots in my organization. So I feel like I should at least know whose art I share commonality with. Looking...
Well, I share the monochrome-ish feel with Rothko. I haven't yet found anyone else who uses line and form like I do. But then I'm looking at painters, while I'm a photographer. I'm basically using found objects. So rather than creating interesting arrangements of random forms and colors, I'm finding them.
It's going to take a while to find all the abstract artists. It's been interesting so far. I'll have to think about how my flowers compare with O'Keeffe's. I've found a similarity with certain Margaret Neill works. There is so much variety in abstract works, or course. I'll have to keep looking.
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Later the subject of artistic influences came up. I think he said that it's good for an artist to know their influences. I thought about it, and I can't come up with influences. I just do what I do. My main drive is composition. I'm always looking for balance. Lines, flow. Regardless of the subject, it's the composition that makes it a good image.
I have a better-than-passing familiarity with art and artists in general, which seems to surpass that of most of my compatriots in my organization. So I feel like I should at least know whose art I share commonality with. Looking...
Well, I share the monochrome-ish feel with Rothko. I haven't yet found anyone else who uses line and form like I do. But then I'm looking at painters, while I'm a photographer. I'm basically using found objects. So rather than creating interesting arrangements of random forms and colors, I'm finding them.
It's going to take a while to find all the abstract artists. It's been interesting so far. I'll have to think about how my flowers compare with O'Keeffe's. I've found a similarity with certain Margaret Neill works. There is so much variety in abstract works, or course. I'll have to keep looking.
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