Embracing the beauty of simplicity in today’s world is a much need. In my daily life for 2019 I started by reducing my internet time starting with the number of google searches, twitter feed reviews and Facebook contact. My personal life goal is to reduce the number of plastic bags I use. I know this is a small step, but very important for the environment. Now, I am taking it to my art.

How to make something simpler and find the beauty of simplicity? Many options are available with photography beginning with zooming in on your subject.  Yes, fill the frame with your subject!! If zooming is unavailable or you want to simplify an existing image, you may try cropping the image. So many sensors offer incredibly large files and frames, that cropping is easy to do and you still have a big, beautiful file for posting on line or printing.

Removing lines from a composition is another option for simplification and finding beauty in the simplicity. Also, this will allow the image to take on a more abstract rendering. Moving from subject reality to a surreal rendering.

Another option to simplification is to reduce the variety or magnitude of color. This can be difficult, especially of me, when vibrant colors are one of my signature traits. But it can also be a way of seeing differently. It will also help you find the leading line or composition high point you want to stress in your work. I have seen this work very successfully with some beautiful black and white work.

For me, finding beauty in simplicity required I combine all of these techniques; zooming in, reducing lines and eliminating color.  I started with looking at the human body and here are some pieces that are in my pipeline.

Untitled Female Nude

V Shape

Thanks so much for stopping by and heres to looking for the simplicity in life to find beauty! More of my work can be viewed on my website.