Photography as Abstract : Southwest Abstract #2 | Wilda Gerideau Squires (2006)

VI. Notes From My Mind’s Eye

Visual Element : Texture


Abstract Art Is Not The Creation Of Another Reality But The True Vision Of Reality — Piet Mondrian


Texture | Abstracting The Details

Texture is formed by the visual consistency or the physical feel of a surface. Visual texture give the illusion of 3 dimensional variations upon its 2 dimensional surface. Generally created by the repetition of the shape and line, photography, drawings and paintings use visual texture for its realistic quality. In contrast, physical textures are tactile like fur, wood, sand, and metal, glass. When using texture in your artwork it is crucial to use light to affect the view of surfaces that are soothingly smooth and ruggedly rough. The use of both variations of texture can give a sense of personality to a piece by creating emphasis, rhythm, and contrast.



Wilda Gerideau Squires | 1946 — Present

Following a 25 year career as a corporate executive, Wilda Gerideau Squires began a career as a fine artist using both film and digital media in her work. Some of Gerideau Squires’ most acclaimed works of art include abstracted images of textures. The ingenious interplay of fabric and light creates compelling images that conjure up a myriad of emotions in those who view with grace.

No matter how mundane or simple, if we take the time to look, there is in everything an extraordinary element waiting to be discovered and appreciated — Wilda Gerideau Squires

Southwest Abstract 2 & Southwest Abstract 3

Light, darkness, folds & subtle shapes cohesively combines to illustrate perfectly imperfect abstraction. All of which makes it simple for us, the audience to infer that this piece is about our own connection to bold subtlety.


Texture | Storytelling

Abstract shapes, lines, colors, space & perspective combine to form extraordinary views of the mundane. Gerideau Squires’ symbolic work, is both simple and complex. In appearance, the works stimulate visual interest. In practice, the works are detailed isolations of common forms. It is these contradictory ideas that challenge the dichotomous mind to look deeper. Only when we extract and appreciate the nuances of the ordinary cacophony, are we able to enjoy our own experience with her works of art.

Until Next Time,

Be A Storyteller, Share Experiences, & Challenge Norms | Shoot With Intention


In The Comment Section Below | What do you see within Wilda Gerideau Squires’ textured works?


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