Acrylic on card, 8″x 5″

There is so much stuff out there on design and composition that it makes my head spin, especially in any discussion of form. However, I’ve been reading about a simple enough concept and that is the importance of repeating shapes across an image. In today’s painting I have deliberately incorporated some triangles into an otherwise fairly standard observation of a vineyard.  I think it works well.  Such simple concepts can really help too when you’re stuck for a idea. Draw a shape, repeat it a few times and, like a Rorschach test, a subject may spring to mind.