Hi Francine no link just their style...when European artists of old were containing the whole picture within it's boundries they found, when discovered that Oriental artists swept beyond the canvas or paper...it was taken up by some brave soles and the Impressionists...not a lecture Francine just about the only thing I can remember from art history classes which I might add didn't last long...there will probably be some books around about it ...hope my memory is as good as I think it is...anyway I still like your Amarylis the way it is...an I also felt although probably mean't as constuctive criticsm you had a babtism of fire...so welcome this really is a great and friendly site

Hi Francine look on this one as oriental style they paint right off the page and leave no clear edges I think it's lovely

Why do most photographers insist on cutting off bits of flowers, buildings etc? For me this spoils the picture. I hate it as the impression it gives to me is that the flower has been mutilated. With buildings I feel that, for example,the chimney has been cut off because it is so cute or beautifully designed or broken... I wish photographers would consider the viewer when composing the shot. I have been involved in photography since before colour film, in the days when coloured photographs were coloured with watercolour, an airbrush and various sable hair painting brushes, so I do know a bit about it.