A Tale of Two Posters – Text & No Text Feel Completely Different – Soft Evening at Palmer Pond Austin

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Soft Evening at Palmer Pond Poster – Text & No Text
© Felipe Adan Lerma

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Text & No Text – Two Entirely Different Moods

Intro

Just a quick post on posters as I wait for my first test batch of prints from Harold, my owner/printer at Southside Printing here in Austin.

Harold’s been around a long time and part of why is his patience and interest in trying to see what an artist is wanting in his or her work. That’s “very” nice 😊

So this short article is simply to show the – to me – stark different between the feelings evoked by the poster with text vs the poster with no text.

And don’t get me wrong, I like both, very much, or I wouldn’t begin to offer both. I couldn’t! I’d be too bored and feeling guilty doing that, lol! 😂

Comparison / Contrast

So, below I’ve reposted the same side by side renditions as top of the post, and because of the sizing, accomplished via vertical placement, I get totally differing feelings.

For me, the top image is very introspective, sensitive and almost sad, though I think the story is uncertain. Mysterious even.

Then, viewing the bottom image —

…I feel a lift. A hopefulness.

And I don’t feel it’s the text itself so much as the coloring.

The text color acts like accent pieces, jewelry almost, brightening and making the night scene filled with optimism. The “promise” of gold almost 😊

Conclusion

That the black no-text border of the top image allows for easier customization by a buyer to suit their home or office or gift-giving reason – and – that the gold text of the bottom version might speak to a tourist or Austin-proponent more easily…

…was not on my mind when I created the two.

Feelings created by each rendition dictated my efforts to find visual voice.

The rest, easier customization & tourist-Austin-friendly — is a side effect bonus!

I hope 😊

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ps, a non-poster image, a Black & White version, and a BW panorama are also available at – https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/felipeadan-lerma.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=710414 .

My Related Posts About Austin

These and other Austin images featured in my related blog posts below 😊

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2019
Thoughts About Making Some of My New Posters with (mat-like) Borders
Print Sold! @FineArtAmerica – Austin Autumn Colors at Barton Springs Zilker Park circa 2007
Fun Reading of Skydancer by Tania Marie DeGregorio at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Austin

2018
Dateline Austin: Goodbye Fall, We Hardly Knew Ya, But It Was Still Nice 🙂

2017
New Bird Image! Black Bird At Central Market
New Austin Texas Images on Fine Art America – Butler Park, Lady Bird Lake

2014
Story Sample plus Links : Dirty Sixth Street, Austin – Light Crime Mystery
Gifts from Texas – Original Signed Photos, Matted Mounted 8 x 10s – Please note: These Texas images are no longer available in this format but I hope to have them again in my new poster/print offerings this year (2019).

2013
Austin Texas : PhotoPoem # 2 : “Birds in a Winter Tree”
Austin Texas : PhotoPoem # 1 : “New Years Eve 2012, New Years Day 2013”

2011
adan’s original paintings # 5 – “Austin at Night”
Header Art # 1 – 020311

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Thanks so much everyone! Happy safe travels!
Adan ❤️

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