In Rainbow Grass #7586, light and darkness divide the picture without forming any clear horizon.
Pale grasses catch the last light while deeper blue and green areas gather around them. Fine golden traces run through both, recording the movement of individual stems before disappearing again into the larger pattern.
I like the tension between those two sides of the photograph: one light and almost weightless, the other considerably darker and more enclosed. They came from the same small piece of roadside landscape and the same passing light.
The abstraction did not require another subject. It required another way of looking at the one already there.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Abstract
Title: Rainbow Grass #7586
Artwork: #7586
Location: Rural Australia
Subject: Backlit grass in motion
Medium: Colour photography
Process: Long-exposure photography
Format: Landscape
Genre: Abstract fine art photography
Themes: Light and shadow, movement, colour, contrast, perception
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
In Rainbow Grass #7586, light and darkness divide the picture without forming any clear horizon.
Pale grasses catch the last light while deeper blue and green areas gather around them. Fine golden traces run through both, recording the movement of individual stems before disappearing again into the larger pattern.
I like the tension between those two sides of the photograph: one light and almost weightless, the other considerably darker and more enclosed. They came from the same small piece of roadside landscape and the same passing light.
The abstraction did not require another subject. It required another way of looking at the one already there.
Artist: Paul Foley
Collection: Abstract
Title: Rainbow Grass #7586
Artwork: #7586
Location: Rural Australia
Subject: Backlit grass in motion
Medium: Colour photography
Process: Long-exposure photography
Format: Landscape
Genre: Abstract fine art photography
Themes: Light and shadow, movement, colour, contrast, perception
Edition: Limited edition of 5 prints plus up to 2 Artist Proofs
Print: Archival fine art pigment print on cotton rag paper
Certificate: Signed Certificate of Authenticity
