San Diego Shopper

Amazing, amazing, amazing composition. The stairwell or escalator and tile and wall form such strong lines and composition. The duality and mirror effect of the back of the woman's head parallel to the carved lion's face, as if flipping a card and on the on the reverse face is the lion, I expect to see her turn around and suddenly have a lion mask to make the match - such a sense of visual movement where she is caught motionless between the parallel and diagonal lines. The smooth gloss of the tile contrasts with the rough stucco like texture of the concrete wall foreground slash and background. Tones and gradations rich and smooth with perfect range from dark to light and balance tones and clear detail. Incredible interplay between the lines and forms and woman's figure versus the dimensional full relief carving or casting of the lion's head. All elements, human, feline motif, angles and lines form as a whole an incredible abstract composition - at the same time artistically impeccable, visually arresting and emotionally impact-full.