Absolutely!
Love the abstract quality, overlay of textures/shape and color. The split of the headlamp adds a great point of interest and nicely echoes the play of color and shape elsewhere. And the reds on the right just gives it a bit more life. This would be a wonderful large canvas.
Great job, Bob.
I normally don't comment on rusting vehicles and decaying buildings, but for a decaying vehicle, this one is more appealing than most. Perhaps because it seems more corroded than rusted?
I'm getting a vibe that this is inspired from a page out of Barbara's road tracks scene. Kinda reminds of Picasso-esque + with the way the obscured details are partially reduced to shapes.
sbeme wrote:
Absolutely!
Love the abstract quality, overlay of textures/shape and color. The split of the headlamp adds a great point of interest and nicely echoes the play of color and shape elsewhere. And the reds on the right just gives it a bit more life. This would be a wonderful large canvas.
Great job, Bob.
Scott
Thanks Scott, happy you like it. And yes, I must agree that in this case bigger is (will be) better.
AuntiPode wrote:
I normally don't comment on rusting vehicles and decaying buildings, but for a decaying vehicle, this one is more appealing than most. Perhaps because it seems more corroded than rusted?
Thanks AuntiPode,
Given the very low humidity in that area, the metal is best described as weathered, while retaining its core strength and substance. Certainly not "rusted" in the sense which most of us in the eastern US understand.
I'm getting a vibe that this is inspired from a page out of Barbara's road tracks scene. Kinda reminds of Picasso-esque + with the way the obscured details are partially reduced to shapes.
Thanks RustyBug,
Yes, my focus was more on the shapes as the basic image lacks any particular point for interest other than the light...too monochromatic.
Well done! Compelling abstract composition highlighting textures, colors, shapes. Out of curiosity, do you know the make and the year of the car, or is it a truck? It's the car buff in me.
eeneryma wrote:
Well done! Compelling abstract composition highlighting textures, colors, shapes. Out of curiosity, do you know the make and the year of the car, or is it a truck? It's the car buff in me.
Thanks,
Glad you like it. Not sure on truck, I'll post clean images later, perhaps that will help. I do not recall any distinguishing badges or emblems (long gone I am sure).
Chevy for sure you can see the emblem. I see why I thought otherwise. The center is mashed in and changes the appearance of the grill from the sample I found. Its definatly newer than 33 and older than 37.
ben egbert wrote:
Chevy for sure you can see the emblem. I see why I thought otherwise. The center is mashed in and changes the appearance of the grill from the sample I found. Its definatly newer than 33 and older than 37.
Ben
Yup, Chevy emblem, first I've look at the originals in sometime......
with the way the obscured details are partially reduced to shapes.
