Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
~ Al Capp
When is a puddle found along the Salt Marsh Trail in late winter not a puddle?
Cracked puddle
When it’s abstract art…
Abstraction No. 1
Of course abstract art always looks more at home in a gallery if it’s properly framed and given some non-descript title like Abstraction No. 34. The higher the number, the more the viewer is likely to believe that the starving ‘artist’ burned the candle at both ends to produce numerous versions before finally being satisfied with this particular rendition.
Alternatively, an entirely misleading title could lead the viewer down the garden path (or trail) into thinking that the puddle is something other than a puddle. Perhaps, a cup of cold coffee…
Tim Horton's Coffee in Winter
Whether or not you’re into abstract art, Nature’s Gallery is still featuring the best show in town. You might want to go outdoors and check it out for yourself.
Thank you to Scott at Views Infinitum for offering up yet another photo challenge ~ Assignment 18: Abstract Photography. Everyone is welcome to participate. Deadline for submissions is March 21st 2012.
umm lovely colours !
Aidyearts, the colors surprised me because they’re so soft and warm and not what you would imagine would be found in a cold, icy puddle.
Beautiful patterns. You’re right about Nature’s Gallery. Just go out there and watch the free show.
Carsten, Nature comes up with the most original patterns. Maybe it’s because the show is free that we so often take its quality for granted.
giggling…I always thought the numbers showed how many crappy images came before I got a rather decent one
oh wait…
i wasn’t supposed to say that
how dare I wear my lack of image taking perfection!
Now Elisa, your photos are pretty spot on
I think the advent of digital photography and image editing from our personal computers has allowed us all to come up with better quality images than in the past.
If he was alive today, my dad, a journalist, would be amazed. He used to take so many photos and then look over his contact sheets with a hand lens to choose the best ones. Printing each one would have come at too high a cost. It’s so much easier for us to ‘do our best’ today. But perhaps there’s more pressure for us to raise our standards as a consequence.
i do NOT edit my images!!! hisses ………giggles (no really i don’t)
and thank you!
I am in constant awe of Natures Gallery and it’s glorious masterpieces
Me too Colleen. Nature has no shortage of the awesome.
Lovely post Amy-Lynn. So missing Timmy’s coffee, frozen or otherwise!
Lynne, the royal treatment you received at the Eastern Passage Tim’s was pretty sweet. The maple dips are awaiting your return
Cool puddle! And truly hilarious quote. Al Capp and Tim Horton’s in one post–about art. All the cultural bases covered.
I think the Abstract Photography assignment hit at just the right time. Everyone has bounced off in a different playful direction. It’s exhilarating.
Gerry, it IS important to cover all the cultural bases. Fine art for the average person is what Van Gogh was all about and I couldn’t agree more.
The images are exactly how I would picture such images…framed in a quiet place where art is revered or possibly hanging in the Tim Horton’s down the road. I think I will grab Mr. Capp’s assessment, get it embroidered and framed and hang it in my public gallery…someday.
Scott, that’s a great idea! Mr. Capp was onto something. The quotation is a summary of Tom Wolfe’s exposé of the world of modern art in ‘The Painted Word,’ a book I studied decades ago in an Anthropology of Art class.
You are so right about Nature’s show.
Love the frozen/cracked puddle.
pattisj, hopefully you’ll have a chance to catch the show this weekend too
Those shapes are so different Amy-Lynn.
Love the cheeky quote.
Well Sybil, we do love cheeky don’t we? It’s our favorite form of truth-telling
Who knew that a cup of Tim’s could ever remind me of a stained glass window? What a great find (and a great quote, too!)
Barbara, it does look like a stained glass window. I don’t think I’ve ever come across a puddle that looked like that before. I believe the surface froze over after the cracks were made by heavy tracked equipment that was rolled over the trail to do some storm damage repairs.
It is so wonderful when nature provides the most interesting abstract art show! I love your photos, Amy-Lynn. Would love to have a cup of Tim Horton’s with you.
Kathy, I’m sure we’ll enjoy coffee together someday. But if it’s Tim’s, it will have to happen this side of the border
These captures are very nice and interesting – and fine abstract works. Well seen – and captured!
Thanks Truels
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Gorgeous abstract.
Thanks Dawn
Amy Lynn, love your post and abstract images.
Nye, glad you enjoyed it
I found you and your beautiful images following Scott’s abstraction link… nice work! Aren’t we lucky!
Starbear, nice to have you visit. Thanks