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The third of a series of 3 images based on a straight shot of an old, badly painted fence.
The panoramic shot of the fence immediately brought to mind the long, large scale, abstract paintings by both Barnett Newman and Jules Olistki, so I thought to spring off their work to create something of my own.
There's a deep bow here, in the titling, to Olitski. I chose the name after one of my favourite paintings of his, "Balshazzar Dream". It is also green.
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the awarded artist of the Allied Artists of Johnstown 85th Annual Art Exhibition at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the Campus of University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Pa.
Marian Morgan snapped the photo
For me, photography is all about light - how it dances off surfaces, how it changes mood with color, and how it captures my eye.
I took an image of graffiti painted inside a culvert and used the colors to re-create the meanings of the tags. I don't know if the original words or symbols spoke of violence or vulgarity, but by restructuring the elements used by the original artists, my intent here is turn their hurt into heart.
This seems to be my life lately. Holding a position then a wind, a wand, or a way-out-from-left field wallop sends me spinning into other whirly worlds.