Pond Scum I

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  jovo

• Jan 4, 2009

Oh my goodness...first Shawn Dougherty, and now you...is pond scum the new Yosemite? Seriously, though, its a very nice design that must be a lovely print.

 

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  Gene_Laughter

• Jan 4, 2009

Thanks, John. I wasn't aware of the other scum images. I thought I was treading in new muck! LOL. Can you point me to the other scummies?

Cheers,

Gene

 

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  dpurdy

• Jan 4, 2009

Shawn has done a lot of really interesting pond scum work but I wish you guys would find a more appealing word to use than scum. Maybe it is just me but I have a certain revulsion to the idea of scum. Maybe that is the charm of it. ;-)

 

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  Gene_Laughter

• Jan 4, 2009

Wasn't it Bill Shakespeare that said that scum by any other name would smell as sweet? Or something like that. I found some of Shawn's scum images. The highest number I saw was #86. Wow! I only plan to do six or eight prints. Mine will be closer up views and all abstract images. I didn't mean to invade your scum territory Shawn!

Cheers,

Gene

 

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  JBrunner

• Jan 4, 2009

There is room in the scum for everyone. Nice work Gene. It is interesting to see how different people arriving at a similar subject have different seeing.

 

• Victor Krag

• Jan 4, 2009

It almost looks like a slide of human tissue... I can't think of the single word for when something very real looks abstract, but this is it.

 

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  mikebarger

• Jan 4, 2009

I agree with Jason, there is plenty of scum to go around.

Nice work Gene.

Mike

 

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  Shawn Dougherty

• Jan 4, 2009

Very nice, Gene. A tool in our visual world I certainly appreciate! Shawn

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Jan 4, 2009

What an interesting abstraction. It's near impossible to tell what it is, and I sit here wondering if it's best to give away what it is or not.
Nice work, Gene!
- Thomas