Thanks for all your help and suggestions. I took a lot of them, made a few more paintings, hung them wet, and my husband used a different lens. I think there are still some issues with this, and I might send it to Larry, who helped with my most recent one, but I do think this one is worlds better.
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Good suggestions. All paintings at same top height, and uncluttering back wall; grass covering may help with entry into better shows. Go Carrie!
Hi Carrie, Met you at Ann Arbor and I love your work. I agree with Robin that the grass is a bit distracting. I like the side walls and if you just centered the verticals around the large painting and got rid of the other square paintings, or put them on the side walls, I think it would not look too busy. Personally, I like to be a little farther back from the booth to take the picture so that I can give it some sense of place but I imagine Barry knows best... and if this is is the way he does it (and he gets in to far more shows than I do)...go with that.
I'm not sure I like the left hand side. I really like the big cow painting and it is running into the ones next to it on the right. Maybe put it above the smaller ones?
Why not put down some kind of flooring? The grass/dirt is a little distracting.
Otherwise, I think the display is beautiful.
The back wall is a little too cluttered. It feels like you're trying to use every inch of space. Center the large piece and maybe add a vertical on each side to balance. Then arrange the pieces on the side walls symetrically. As your eyes move around the three walls, it would flow better if each painting were at the same top height.
Larry Berman
Wondering about your walls. What if you were to use something to allow airflow? Then, customers will be more likely to stay longer. Also, what if you were to use a gridwall at an angle to break up the boxiness? Just a thought. I do like the rearrangement.
Yes, it certainly is much better. My idea regarding the back wall was to let the big painting stand alone in its own space and having a grouping of other works working together in their own space on the back wall. What you've done looks perfectly fine, but it's still all one tight group of artwork. Do you know what I mean? There's no space around them. But it does look fine and nothing is distracting me in this shot. I also get a good feeling about the group of work. But you might ask your husband to consider lowering the camera position 8 or 10 inches to avoid the converging lines of the tent poles. He'll keep the lens parallel to the ground. I like a little lower camera height than others here on AFI. But even your slightly converging lines aren't distracting. I would use PhotoShop to quickly correct them, but if I had done the shot myself I would have corrected it in the camera by lowering my position some.
But it's all looking great, C. WOOHOO!