Playing with Perspective (Matisse Style)

When we're looking at a painting it's impossible for our knowledge of how the world works and is laid out not to automatically be applied, so we don't need everything depicted in fine detail. Our minds will interpret and fill in "missing" information. Our curiosity is aroused and we engage with the painting.

Adapting our perception of perspective is part of the challenge of the Matisse Painting Project and when look at Maddy's Blue Studio painting I found myself wondering whether the line between the floor and back wall wanted to be there at all. So I played around in a photo-editing program to see what it would look like. First spend a moment looking at the original painting, then at my two altered versions, and see what you think.

^{Image: Detail from Blue Studio by Maddy Buckman}