I was researching something for a book proposal the other night when I stumbled into a new place on Google and found the photography and paintings of Gene Black. He hails from my little corner of the world, North Alabama, and we’ve struck up a correspondence. I’m delighted, because I really fell hard for his art and have returned to the sites where I can see it several times over the past few days.
Tonight, I was looking at his painting, “Passages”:
c. Gene Black
and it made me think of my photo of the wonderful ceiling at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas:
Whether the artist was working in glass, as at the Bellagio, or acrylics, as Gene did, the colors are stunning, and I find them inspiring.
I love that hotel just for that chandelier. It’s so huge, it does cover the ceiling. Every time we stay in Las Vegas, we go there so I can see it. it’s truly breath taking.
Becky, thanks for the kind words. I have a great love of color and shapes. Abstract shapes are my personal favorite as they allow the viewer to see his or her own reality.