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Mike,
I agree whole heartedly although, if asked, I would explain composition differently. I agree with your perspective but I would say that composition is like a road map, it directs your eye around the canvas in a pleasing and almost subliminal manner.
The absence of the other aspects that you point out can hinder the composition by throwing up stop signs and detours, spoiling the journey.
In my simple opinion there are other 2 dimensional art forms that can ignore these aspects by substituting other points of interest such as exagerations, distortions or just imagination and still incorporate good composition. And this, I believe, helps to prove the point of portrait art and still lifes' similarities.
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John Reidy
www.JohnReidy.US
Que sort-il de la bouche est plus important que ce qu'entre dans lui.
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