I did this from a photo taken at a stop sign in the strip district. It was one of those things you see and say, wow look at the sunlight on that painted building. This is an example where the light would be changing so rapidly that working from a photo makes sense. The telephone poles echo the vertical panels of the fence and reinforce the geometric shapes. Yes that is a dumpster in the lower right. I almost edited it out but liked how it anchored the painting and created another overlapping shape.
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This is a very interesting subject and Yes I agree you had to capture that light as it was. Awesome job!
Sublime simplicity with great strength.
I always like to see your skill in handling color - this is amazing, Ron!
Since I have been struggling this week with the symmetrical composition in my own painting, I am immediately struck by this strong balanced image - yet for you it works. I think it is the difference in the light from one side to the other and also that dumpster that make one side very different from the other.
Always love your compsitions of simple shapes. That strong light with the shadow of another building evokes memories of my childhood environs--Went to the Vero Beach Art Museum yesterday and saw somw work by John Baeder[Pullman 1974]--Similar subject matter and rndering of light on buildings--are you familiar with is work?
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