The horizontal has implied landscape vibes, if that helps.
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It does! Thank you for your perspective 😊 I think abstract is so fun for that reason. Now I wonder how it would look upsidedown.
As a landscape painter I can tell you; how high the horizon (or implied horizon) is in the composition will establish the natural viewing distance.
The closer the horizon is to the top of the painting the further back you’ll want to view it regardless of scale.
When even a large painting’s horizon is low in the composition it feels natural to get very close to the painting.
In abstraction you can control this effect and use it to draw people in to see fine detail or push the viewer back to see a wider perspective.
Hmm that is interesting. I never really thought about that. How the horizon line effects how people view the painting. I learned something new today! Thank you 😃