By Kristin Hoerth
Thinking back on this experience a few days later, I was struck by a parallel in the world of visual art. I had been so focused on beautiful movement that something less attractive escaped my notice. Artists, I think, do this intentionally all the time—they put their attention (and their viewers’ attention) on the beautiful and ignore the other aspects of a scene that don’t move them. Landscape painters do it when they play up the glowing quality of a sunset; figure painters do it when they emphasize a model’s striking eyes. Taking artistic license, they enhance the aspects of life that matter most to them, and that’s what makes art such a wonderful way to communicate. -April 2010
CORRECTION: In Sculpture of the Rockies, the recent book from the editors of Southwest Art, the cover photo of TOPAZ LACE by Andi Mascareñas was credited incorrectly. The photographer’s name is Alexander Harvey. We regret the error.
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