Empty space can be fun to play with. Negative space, actually. Where the subject isn’t can be just as interesting as where the subject is! Here’s an example.

A very simple pose; it would have been far less interesting if I had pulled back and framed the model’s entire torso. As it [...]

I was chatting in my studio with my friend Pam Taggart, who is a powerful abstract painter and a highly-respected teacher. I had a bunch of recent prints on the wall, and she glanced quickly at this print and said: “It’s choking. It’s a strong image but it can’t breathe.”

I [...]