Sometimes a piece doesn’t quote work. It’s almost there. But it’s missing something. Recently, after trying out a new mixed media technique, I produced a collage that might have worked if I cut it into two or even four pieces.
The problem was the open space in the middle where nothing was going on. I let the piece sit for a couple of days and then played around with a few solutions. The end result was not dramatically different from the original, but the placement of two plants that drew one’s eye up across the blue patch plus an additional dash of color in the upper right hand quadrant provided additional movement. Now, one’s eye travels around the piece rather than settling into a void, and the consensus is that the image works. It was accepted into a juried show!
Garden of Delights