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The Sleeping Giants

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Dwayne Oakes

New member
Thanks for taking a look !



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© Dwayne Oakes "Sleeping giants"
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Take care,

Dwayne Oakes
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I reply now, only because things are so slow and I don't want to see this picture become an orphan! There's a remarkable unity in the sienna palette going through every shape and texture in the carpet of the clearing and the trees behind.



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Remarkably, almost nothing is given importance and yet the picture manages to get attention! Perhaps it's a negation of framing properly and deciding that something "is". Here nothing "is" more than anything else, yet we have regions of the woods that tell a story of beginnings and long life, a cycle we rely on, a journey, expecting there could be something better beyond the visible.

So I like this and so I have further confused my understanding of art!

Asher
 
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janet Smith

pro member
Firstly welcome to OPF Dwayne. I really like this, you've managed to capture the essence of the soft stillness of the forest with the light gently playing through the conifers on to the carpet of cones and the promise of new growth to come....... Lovely!
 
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Bart_van_der_Wolf

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Dwayne Oakes said:
Thanks for taking a look !
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Hi Dwayne,

I like the image. As Asher pointed out "almost nothing is given importance and yet the picture manages to get attention!".

I like the tension between the almost symmetrical 50/50 horizontal division, yet the completely different structure between the "upper" and "lower" sections. It's the asymmetrical symmetry that creates the tension. Besides that, the serene upper section is composed carefully. It's either a lucky shot (which I doubt) or a carefully executed one, we have no way of knowing yet. Some more background narration would be appreciated.

Bart
 
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