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The first one looks like someone spilled their cocoa all over it. The brown doesn't attract me at all.

 

The first one has a good amount of artist experimentation and it appears to me to be more successful than the dragonfly one, although I do like the dragonfly part of B. Could these both be student works?

 

Painting A - I like the crumbling arches, because I like architecture. But it's an odd scene - more like a fairy tale illustration. There's something weird going on in the lower right. I enlarged and sharpened it, but still can't post attachments. So maybe someone else can do that. There's a creature with shifty eyes, something that looks sort of like a pear, a jug with a spout and something that looks like a sheriff's badge (no, really).

Painting B - I first saw a swirling dancer, but on second look, I see that it's a hand coming up through those "threads". It's not really my cup of tea. I do like the color choices. It's just okay

 

Painting B - for some reason, all I looked at was the left and lower right of the painting.

 

@Virginia

Looks like you are commenting on pair #1? I think if you read the entire thread you will find out a lot more about these paintings. We are currently on pair #10 so you have a lot of catching up to do. Thanks for joining in.

 

Here are the pair from #10 with their frames... or in the case of painting B, no frame at all. It is painted on a thick plywood with filled edges, painted black. I don't think it was ever framed. Painting A is on card stock and pasted to the textured background of the frame interior.

Painting #10A

Painting #10B

 

The framing on painting A definitely improves it.

 

I've been away for a long while, so yes ... I'm way behind. I also have to "re-register" in order to participate fully. So I'll be mostly lurking until I'm "legal".

 

A - I sort of like it, I like soft colors and birds are always a fav. It doesn't quite have anything to draw me to it overall.
B - Nope, like the colors. Just too busy with all the lines.
I know these are basic, but I know very little about art except what I like. Thanks for these, I'll learn a lot.

 

@alynnfin

You are commenting on pair #1 posted Jan. 2016. We are now on pair #10. It is fine to post on previous pairs but hope you would use the pair number when doing so. Otherwise, it will become confusing very quickly. Thanks for participating.

 

Any more comments for pair #10? I chose these due to their common semi-abstract nature and chaotic sensibility. I get a sense of movement from both of these. Will leave this pair be for awhile to give more opportunity for discourse before posting closing comments.