Composition - examples of note

[Tom Edgerton]

Mike--

It'd be interesting to see the golden section applied to these last two genre pieces.

My guess is the heads (and the screen in the "Tea..") would hit somewhere just about there.

--TE

[Mike McCarty]

Tom,

I think I've got one represented below.

400w x 520h each multiplied by phi .618

The vertical blue line creates the first golden mean relationship from the horizontal perspective. The red line creates this relationship from the vertical perspective. The white line then creates two more rectangles from the golden section on the bottom right.

If my phiguring is correct I think that each of the phive resulting rectangles would be considered a golden section. It would seem that compositionally this painting would hold up pretty well in this regard.

[Mike McCarty]

Here's another that strikes a pretty good compositional balance.

Tom Edgerton's Superior Court Judge, 48 x 42.

[Tom Edgerton]

Well, HEY!

I felt pretty good about the judge, but it's nice to know the Greeks would be proud too.

And a high phive to you, Mike, for all the effort!

--TE