Edward-Hopper-Room-in-Brooklyn-1932
Dreams of a Free Spirit
Santorini, Adio
Gaudi – Barcelona
___________________________________________
© My artwork, photography and music are copyright Mark Wallis 2015
You may download and save my material but not redistribute without clear credit or a link back to The Vibes.
Music mixes containing copyright material owned by others are included here under Creative Commons License and no infringement is intended.
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
___________________________________________
the vibes 
Is this a picture of contentment…. or loneliness?
That’s the thing with Hopper, isn’t it? We’re encouraged to observe but we’re not invited in, so we remain detached. The colours here say contentment but there is an atmosphere that’s as flat as the city skyline.
Ah, no, I wouldn’t agree. Quiet contemplation and lots of space. Her head is slightly bent – is she reading? Doing needlework? Nursing a small baby? Hard to know, but I love that Hopper has left so much to the imagination – the space he paints on the outside invites us to explore our own interior space.
Ah, no, I love the space that Hopper creates in the room and in the skyline. For me, it invites me into a space of quiet contemplation. The woman’s head is bent – is she reading? Doing needlework? Nursing a small baby? Dozing? We don’t know, but I love the mystery of it all, and it seems to me that Hopper’s minimalist approach allows us to weave a story that will be unique for all of us.