Most images that I consider abstract elicit the question "What is it?.” When the vision and the answer click, it's ahhh, now I see it. They often can be hung horizontally or vertically, even upside down. The close up framing helps create the abstract effect, it’s an intimate look.
This cup was reflected in the mirror and from there into the window, it is so painterly and one of of kind as I accidentally reduced it.
The strength of the diagonal
I fell in love with this rusty truck.
Same truck, the flagness of this image is what made me keep the photoshopped colors.
A who knows what on an old truck.
This color field photo is textural, with depth; taken at Eastern Market in Washington D.C.
This is a detail of a sign on St Paul St in Burlington, VT
Fire hydrant, Cambridge, MA
This is the floor in a wall paper company, in London
This was a detail on an old boxcar
I thought I wanted to photograph a newly painted boat but was seduced by the paint tray.
This is a view through a lace curtain, in Stratford, QC.
This photo could well go into the abstract category. It's very 3-D in appearance.
Handmade paper, rich in color and tradition
The next 4 photos were all taken in an hour, The polka dots created by these spools make me smile.
The yard walls in Kathmandu, Nepal are constantly evolving; they are used for painted on and pasted advertising. The layered pentimento creates natural abstract art.
Notice the scoop indents in the pigment. I think it indicated the merchants pride in his product.
Dyes are used for batik and religion, e.g., a tika on the forehead or anointing a statue
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