artwork

[Anonymous]

I am not familiar with these programs... so bascially are you saying your work all starts as a photo and then is photomanipulated into end product?

i was told it helps to explain each theme that i do because once i tell them, it makes more sense and they like it a lot more, but at first i wanted other people to see it teir way and see if it went on the same wavelength, but people are lazy or take everything at face value and tell me most of it sucks.

Yes. See I certainly understand wanting to have people to interpret things on their own, and I personally do not like my explaining work either. But I think for you to get upset over bad responses or lack of responses when you don't have any explaination is definately asking too much from people . What you are showing is abstract and often with abstract art the problem is that it is interpreted like it was made too simply/without effort or purpose. Most people are going to look at http://three-quarters.co.uk/underwor...bman13_big.jpg and not get anything out of it, and probably think you are a charlatan. Even with explainations and artistic statements you will still get accused of such I am certain, but like I said that comes with the abstract territory I am sure you know.
I guess you need to decide which is better for you - to not explain and leave everything up to the viewer while at the same time alienating people - or to give a statement and purpose and by doing so maybe have a greater response.