"Terminal Mirage"

The piece I chose was "Terminal Mirage" by David Maisel. This painting reminded me of the story of Noah and the flood. In the painting it was almost as if the land was being flooded, but as the water moved inward it created this image of the land making it look like a leaf. As the water destroyed everything it had covered it was almost everything was being recreated; new land feature and new landscaping.

The piece was full of beauty in itself, but I think it was influenced by the way the bible describes beauty. The beauty of something isn't the first image, but it's deeper. The first image this painting gives is land being consumed by the water, but when you step back the art pops out and you notice a beautiful large brown leaf against the deep blue of the water. It's almost as if Maisel gave this feature a second glance and realized that there was something beautiful. I don't know if the piece was actually influenced by the bible, but I think Maisel took some of the morals from the bible, like don't judge beauty by the first glance, and realized that there was something deeper in the feature.