Arches in Valladolid by Jann Alexander © 2014
Who can resist an arch? These arches come from Mexico and New Mexico, and are photographed and painted. The photograph has the slick artiface of reality going for it; the painting has vibrance, texture, depth and interpretation. It’s not easy for me to choose between the image and its painted sibling—and who would dare ask a mother to choose between her children? (Well, besides William Styron.)
Will you help me out and share your thoughts on photographs versus paintings?
Arches in Valladolid, a large city in Mexico’s Yucatán, photographed (left) and painted (right).
Bluebird alighting on an entry arch in Las Trampas, New Mexico, photographed (left) and painted (right).
The view through the opening of a New Mexico mission church, photographed (left) and painted (right).
A door opens mysteriously under its arch, photographed (left) and painted (right).
A woman brings a sole red rose to the Mexico convento, photographed (left) and painted (right). ♣
Inspired by Sue Llewellyn’s A Word A Week Photo Challenge: Arch.
See more photographs from my Mission Mexico gallery here. To purchase any of these original oil paintings or prints, email me.
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