NAIL

If it wasn't clear, I have been trying to spread out into non painting venues. I have been playing with various conceptual ideas. The one that is the topic of today's post is the Lyricism of Bent Nails. For now this involve taking pictures of nails as groups or singly.




This was previous mentioned or blogged about here andhere.
I have a sense of something here but I am not quite unable to pinpoint it. I might have to return to the single nail photos and see if there is a stronger "poetry" than with my arrangements of multiple nails. Any feedback would be useful here, so throw away any shyness and comment on this post as you see fit.
What I have figured out is that the better lit pics look better. The rusty oranges come out more and the whites are whiter. I think this helps the visual strength and is more pleasant to the eye. However, as i was messing around with the adjustments to the pics I thought the nearly solid black nails of the high contrast images had something that might warrant exploration. I think also the lying flat on the paper as opposed to standing upright with gum-tack might offer some stronger view of bentness. Don't ask me what that means. So I'll be back with more in the near future.

r.