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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 114535, member: 33&quot;]Well, I&#039;ve been missing in action from Antiquers for about a week and a half, until the other day. So missed this thread up to now. And, have just gone through the whole thing and read most of the comments. Whew!</p><p><br /></p><p>First I&#039;ll say that Gila and I have something in common. She wrote:&nbsp; <i>I just realized that I approach ANY painting or work with the goal of finding what I can like and compliment. </i>--- Bingo! I&#039;m like that as well, and with more than just artwork.&nbsp; One way we are different, though, is that I am not a working artist -- or any type of artist at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>So as for the game, I&#039;m likely to find something positive about everything. And I probably will say that I like everything... or perhaps that I don&#039;t really dislike anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Painting A -- I agree with others that there is a sort of look of a stained glass window to it. Not only the dark lines, but also the swirly look in some of the panels has a bit of a look of some types of glass. And it does look like a vase of roses. The things at the base of it might not be fruit, though. They might be potatoes. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie13" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I like Painting A because of the semi-defined spaces that are not really separate but all come together. The dark lines in the middle seem to connect things rather than separate them. The ones around the edges are broader and seem more separative (is that a word?). Another reason I like it is that I like stained glass windows a lot, and this reminds me of them. The colors remind me of a grimy old window that is partly obscuring what is behind it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Painting B -- It&#039;s funny how the comments of others influence a person. I read the entire thread so have already read about the fish, the Virgin Mary, and the rest. I did read that before looking closely at the painting. So now I&#039;m influenced by the discussion and strongly see that in the image. I did notice the fish before reading the comments.</p><p><br /></p><p>Except... I just looked again and realized that there is also a bottle or carafe there, probably for wine. This is to our right of the person with the halo. And was thinking of the &quot;loaves and fishes&quot; story from the New Testament of the Bible. There is a small loaf of bread to our left at the top of the platter. I wonder whether the individual in the middle was supposed to be Jesus, not the Virgin Mary?</p><p><br /></p><p>I do like this one, too. The colors appeal to me. The fish on the platter seems to be dominant in the image. If it is religious in nature, it&#039;s interesting that the fish are so prominent.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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