Bernini

I chose this image this week by Bob Kessel because I like his abstraction of a statue done by one of my favorite sculpters- Bernini. The original statue is very life-like, instead of the typical Roman statues which were supossed to make men look more like gods immortalized in stone. Bernini made the couple look very fleshy and curved. Here Bob Kessel has reversed that and made them simple and sharp. Abstracted into almost all lines and 3 colors.

Snow

I chose this image mainly because it was funny to me, and its starting to get snowy here. The perspective and simplified forms make the idea immediately apparent. Had this artist tried to add more detail I think it would take a little longer to get it.