A New Way to Look at Your Art
John Sollinger
Artist and Author
How Mosaics Work: what makes mosaic succeed as an image.
Rogue Review: a diagnostic review for visual artists
I have spent much of my life making art and trying to understand why some images work, and why others don't.
How Mosaics Work looks beyond technique to examine what the pieces, relationships, materials, light, scale and viewing conditions actually do.
It is a living book that will continue to develop as I test ideas and discover more. Rogue Review brings that same curiosity to your own work.
Maybe you're stuck on one work of art and can't see why. Perhaps you're developing a series, preparing a portfolio or wondering whether the work is doing what you intended.
You bring the artwork and the question you most want answered. Rogue Review looks at both, identifying strengths, patterns, inconsistencies and possibilities that can be difficult to see when you're close to your own work.
You'll receive a written review explaining what appears significant, why it matters and possible directions or experiments worth considering.
What might you see in your work that you haven't seen before?