May 2008 - minimalism - this is a collaboration piece done with Deb Walker please click on her icon so you can see her gallery & all the different ways she uses her great talents - Deb made the fractal for this piece - the original image is the one on the right when you view the piece - it has not been seen until now - it has no title either thus the name for this museum piece - we have several more we want to do together - it took 2 solid days to make - the reason why is I am an extreme profectionist - if the piece does not work for me I will continue to work until I achieve the finished piece - you have no idea how many pieces I deleted - I was sending Deb my initial concepts for this joint piece by E-mail - you have no idea how many times we were on the phone also regarding this museum - now to the piece - gray geometric format - division of space - limited color palette & line - the wall for the museum is a ligher shade of gray than the background - I hand mixed all the non-colors & the matching red like color for the molding on the bottom of the wall in the museum - I then made a mirror image from the original fractal Deb made - I placed both the original & mirror image on the wall in the museum - I then placed a black contour line around the the images - they are of the smae width - these lines define the edges of both the piece - I then made the original fractal smaller & created a mirror of it also - I placed them together so I would have a 3rd piece to show in the museum - I placed it dead center on the floor below the 2 larger images - I placed a black contour line around this image - it is the same width as the ones I used for the other larger images - I defined the edges of the piece I placed on the floor in the museum - all the other black contour lines I used in this piece are of the same width but smaller than the frame like ones I used for the art pieces - these smaller lines define the edges of the wall in the museum - the hand mixed reddish color for the molding at the bottom of the wall & the one which defines the edges of the entire piece - I then chose a very clean font for the title of the museum - both Deb's & my last name plus the year the piece was made - I used all upper case letters - I then filled the letters & the year with black - I placed this info on the floor & lined it up so it would be the same length as the museum wall - this is a very clean & clutter free piece - it looks simple but it is far from being simple - I had to measure every part of the piece so they would work visually with on another - this also applies to the placement of each separate part in this piece - this one very strong & visually dynamic piece - it is & was an extremely difficult museum piece to make - both Deb & I are very happy with the results - we hope you will like it as much as we do