This one arose because a friend remarked that, for them, as viewed on a Mac Desktop computer screen, all my pics were “too bright”.
So, since I am a “quiet” person, as is that friend, I think, I decided to make a quiet picture!
Did you know that the apparent colours, brightness, saturation etc, of photos or art or anything viewed on a computer etc, depend in part on the settings in the computer itself, or whatever screen you are viewing it on, as well as on the original input (camera, MP3… whatever). The colours you see may not be what the artist intended!
When I look at the photos on Flickr or other photo sites these days, I find that, for me, a lot of them appear extremely over-saturated, particularly photos of greenery such as grass! Is that a fashion now? Have we lost our taste for subtlety, or are my aging eyes somehow out of touch? Or is it just what I mentioned above, a matter of screens. I don’t know.
Perhaps I do like much of my artwork to be fairly brightly coloured because so much news at the moment is dismal. But it might not be quite as “bright” as it appears on your screen!
In any case, this piece is in grateful recognition of all “quiet” people ! And of all friends. It takes all kinds!
