Venturing into mixed media

Michael—I've read my post again and I can't see how you arrive at that near-conclusion. No I didn't say that. The size, the medium, the surface may all be evident if I'm looking at the work itself. But I'd still like to have some idea (as might be given in the catalogue for example) about the motivation for the work. Of course I can 'appreciate' it without that but knowing it may well add to my appreciation and understanding. None of this is available to me in looking at a jpeg online that has not even the basic information; a jpeg that may or may not be well photographed; a jpeg that I can't control the size and resolution of to (for example) see some detail more clearly. A jpeg in which the colours will be far removed from the original; a jpeg which will not show (for example again) collaged material or relief textures to best effect and may even hide them altogether. Do you see where I'm coming from as we used to say? It's a totally inadequate way to view artwork—and in digital terms the jpeg is an appallingly poor file format. The information changes none of that but it may help to overcome some of the inadequacies just a tiny little bit and I suppose I just don't understand the need for secrecy in what is a form of visual communication. As for the naming, it may or may not add anything and for myself I prefer simple descriptive names for my landscapes and when I come across a "Between, Together, Betwixt" type title I'm immediately turned off to a degree but that's just me. So I only give the title any serious regard if I feel I might want to reference the work in some way in the future. If you want people to make of your abstracts what they will, that's fine, but you're probably not going to know—beyond the brief often superficial comments in a gallery like the ones here—so how does that help you? (You may say that you're not looking for 'help' but art is—I repeat—a form of visual communication and I have an intent when I produce a work and I like to know if that intent is in any way successful). The common way to avoid leading the viewer, especially with abstract work is the good old Untitled. Made up words? Well ok but isn't that leading? Might not people ponder on what the word means? (Or think it's a SWALK acronym or something?)