flashquake GALLERY

Volume 7 Issue 1
Fall 2007
ISSN: 1546–3540

 

FICTION NONFICTION POETRY EDITOR'S PICKS GALLERY

Artwork Descriptions

Autumn Vacancy
The colors of late fall are captured in this simple image of a forest at the edge of a clearing with picnic tables. Purple/gray tree skeletons intermingle with the traditional colors of autumn in a band across the center. The intricacy of the lace-like tangle of trees is balanced with large areas of relatively flat color in the foreground grass and the blue to gray sky above.

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Face in the Glass
This closeup of a glass window riddled with holes is about overlapping patterns and abstract forms. Reading the image like an ink blot, the artist sees a face in the lacy patterns of shattered plate glass. These could as easily be read as a frosty window pane with fingers of ice due to the overall cool color scheme of blues and greens.

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Generator House
This piece plays up the juxtaposition of warm and colors. The block house and brown grasses of the foreground stand out nicely against the coolness of the tree skeletons in the background.

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Golden Rolls
This image captures a much earlier fall scene than some of the others. The rolls of hay present themselves against trees and grass still green and in full leaf. The weathered barn board provides a cool spot for eye to rest in the center of the composition.

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Pithole City Reflection
This picture of an old town reflected in glass, once again plays up the contrast of warm and cool colors. The sky and roofs of buildings wash the top half in cool colors while the lower half is warm ochre from the clapboard buildings. Streaks of white overlay the entire scene due to the reflected light.

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In Flight
This image could be any time of year. The gulls taking flight against a blue sky offer a composition limited colors to balance the action in the piece.

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In Flight Home
This is an image taken out the window of jet liner. The arc of the wing slices across a sky with manipulated color and hovers above a ground of fluffy dark clouds below. The manipulation enhances the abstract quality of the composition.

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Passion Flower
This close up of the exotic flower takes advantage of the complex bloom by nestling it in a bed of lush green leaves. The square composition works to make the flower the main focus.

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Sunflower Center
Full advantage is taken of even light to reduce the complex center of a sunflower into a warm bull's eye. The intricate patterns provide plenty of visual interest in the basic and minimal composition.

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Wilting Flower
Our cover photo captures the time between the flower's full glory and total demise. The beautiful colors of the bloom's glory linger even as the ends of the petals wilt and begin to droop. Warm yellows, oranges and reds pop against a bed of cool greens.

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