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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Eight: Light and shadow shape meaning > Rusting Wheel Hub, Barstow, California, 2006
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10-FEB-2006

Rusting Wheel Hub, Barstow, California, 2006

This vehicle wheel hub l has long since come to a stop at Tom's Welding and Machine Shop in Barstow. The golden light warms its rusted finish and with a little imagination, it might seem ready to move once again. I moved in close to abstract it and stress the detail, right down to the tiny figures and symbols etched on the hub. The dark shadows in the background abstract much of the wheel itself, leaving our eyes to feast on the rusty hub with its bolts, nut, and pin, a true relic of the industrial age.

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Phil Douglis19-Feb-2006 22:04
There are pictures everywhere, Christine, even in a pile of junk. We only have to search them out and make them come to life. It is the soft texture and the angle of the light that makes this old wheel hub into sculpture.
Guest 19-Feb-2006 17:37
Looking at the thumbnail, I thought it was a sundial from an ancient Maya ruin because of its shape and colours.
It has a nice soft texture and almost looks like a modern sculpture.
Christine
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