A New Way to Look at Your Art
John Sollinger
Mosaic Artist, Scientist & Author
How Mosaics Work: what makes a mosaic succeed as an image.
Rogue Review: diagnostic review for visual artists.
I have spent much of my life making art and trying to understand why some images work and others do not. How Mosaics Work looks beyond technique to examine what pieces, relationships, materials, light, value, scale and viewing conditions actually do.
The book continues to develop as I test ideas, compare outcomes and revise what the evidence does not support. Rogue Review brings that same way of looking to your own work.
Maybe you are stuck on one work of art and cannot see why. Perhaps you are developing a series, preparing a portfolio or wondering what to do next. You bring the artwork and the question you most want answered. I look for what is working, what is not, which relationships matter and what may change, if you alter one part of the work. The goal is not simply to tell you what I like. It is to help you see the work more clearly and make your next decision with better evidence. What would you most like to understand about your work?