Patti leads.
Close and Closer, as in friends and enemies? Keep them?
Anyway, just ‘yesterday’…
“Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far way…” – Yesterday by The Beatles
…I took a couple of Close and Closers at the D.A.M. Denver Art Museum, that is.
It was nearly the end of the Whistler to Cassatt exhibition of American painters who studied in Europe during the second half of the nineteenth century, some for years, decades, or the rest of their lives.
I get a different perspective on a painting depending on whether I’m Close or Closer:
Keep your friends very close, and…
Have a good year.
John's Space ..... 
I love that you chose art. They’re great for the challenge. 😀😀
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Thank you Patti. Lucky coincidence.
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thanks for the art (and for the ear worm… All my troubles seemed so far way….)
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😱😄
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Getting close up to a painting helps me feel it more. Thanks for pointing that out.
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By coincidence, Alie and I went to the Columbus Museum of Art Thursday, and I used your technique [with eye, not camera] on many paintings. With the exception of the few painters who used the finest brushes and shading, it is usually revealing to see how a skilled artist, not just the impressionists, can magnify/create/intensify an image with a few well-chosen brush strokes.
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It’s amazing how perspective alters the viewing experience
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Yes!
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Serendipity on the art museum visit and the challenge John, and nice use of the sliders. Excellent choices this week, definitely shows the differences to be found in the details!
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‘TOS the devil. 😎
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‘TIS the devil, not ‘TOS the devil.
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Great idea to photograph a painting so close that we can see the strokes etc. 🙂
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We’re Impressionists just too lazy to paint Realism? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Were… not We’re…
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I love you choices, John. Thank you for showig closer images of these two beautiful arts.
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Thank you Amy.
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Hi John, love the artwork..Like Vincent Van Gogh’s art, his was very different with the strokes so close I ended up seeing Van Gogh Live on the weekend; . I did enjoy it I must say. I think I recall it was you that didn’t love it?
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Yes, I didn’t care for it that much, but many friends really liked it. It was a good light show, as such.
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Oils are one medium where closer is totally different. So is it with photos actually, as I find when I examine some at high magnification in an editing software
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Nice subjects, John! Your close up shows how much thought goes into each brushstroke.
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🙏
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Reblogged this on Hutts Ultra Blogging World.
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There’s something so interesting about seeing a painting up close. The paint strokes, the blobs of paint. the tiny details; it’s like seeing the life in/of the painting. I enjoyed your photos!
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Thank you kindly 🙏
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Love your use of the sliders here, John – and beautiful artworks!
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Thank you A-C. It was a very interesting exhibit.
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