Congratulations go to her.
Yesterday Patti sold another one of her glorious paintings, "Negative Space", to fine art collector David Stang of Washington, DC.
The painting was one of my personal favorites of Patti's and I hated to see it go, but since I know it shall have a good and appreciative home I guess it will be ok.
So.. exactly what is negative space?
In art, generally, negative space is the space around and between the subject(s) of an image. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the "real" subject of an image. The use of negative space is a key element of artistic composition.
In a two-tone, black-and-white image, a subject is normally depicted in black and the space around it is left blank (white), thereby forming a silhouette of the subject. However, reversing the tones so that the space around the subject is printed black and the subject itself is left blank causes the negative space to be apparent as it forms shapes around the subject.Rubin's vase is an optical illusion in which the negative space around the vase forms the silhouettes of two faces in profile.
The use of equal negative space, as a balance to positive space, in a composition is considered by many as good design.
This basic and often overlooked principle of design makes a composition more appealing to the viewer without their knowledge of why because it gives their eye a "place to rest".
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