Archive for the ‘abstract’ Category

red and white boat

red and white boat, originally uploaded by Richard Adams.
One from Montreal…I couldn’t resist the intersecting planes, geometric proportions and the vibrant contrast of red and white…taken with a 400 lens to flatten the planes.

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Purple balloon

Purple balloon, originally uploaded by Richard Adams.

Minimal, almost monchromatic, a dash of irridescent colour, asymmetrical composition, these are a few of my favourite things.

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Pink Chairs

Pink Chairs, originally uploaded by Richard Adams.

In this I was struck by the cerise chairs and the starkness of the straight on view. I also used a flash to get the light reflecting back on both chairs and to make the lighting as stark as the composition.

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Squares, building, red, blue

Squares, building, red, originally uploaded by Richard Adams.
Amazing what you see when you look above the shopline on buildings. This was a wonderful cold to hot colour spectrum reflected in a stainless steel building in Sheffield. I was struck by the colours but pleased with the way that the geometry plays with the grid.
It’s a [...]

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red blue

red blue, originally uploaded by Richard Adams.
This takes me back to my art school days where I remeber being astpounded by an exhibition by Elsworth Kelly. I had seen his work in books but seeing them for real was an eye opener. Thereafter followed 2 years of poor student anstraction.
Still I couldn’t resist this when [...]

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