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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;verybrad, post: 125901, member: 37&quot;]Surprised that there were not more comments about these.&nbsp;&nbsp; I see both paintings as portraying a journey.&nbsp; As someone pointed out, they both use lines in the same way to direct your eye and symbolize a pathway.&nbsp; Technique is different between the two paintings but both artist&#039;s are accomplished.</p><p><br /></p><p>In painting A, I see a passage to another realm.&nbsp; There is a clear gateway ahead with something more beyond.&nbsp; It is symbolic of our passage through life.&nbsp; I don&#039;t get any sense of disappointment or expectations for better beyond the arch.&nbsp; Neither realm is more attractive than the other.&nbsp; There is a sense of the unknown and it allows you to impart your own meaning to the scene.&nbsp;&nbsp; If this had been more literal, I think it could have come across as pandering. </p><p><br /></p><p>In painting B, I get the sense of moving through and away from desolation.&nbsp; In this sense, there is an essence of hope portrayed even though you don&#039;t really know what one is moving toward.&nbsp; You just get the sense that it has to be better than what exists now.&nbsp; I don&#039;t necessarily see this as an analogy for a life journey.&nbsp; It seems more like a psychological or spiritual journey to me.&nbsp; It is more about desolation of the soul.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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