The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.

When we look at a painting, listen to a piece of music, read a novel, or watch a movie we are taking in the artist's composition. The composition is the totality of the work.

The way we see is critical to understanding how others will read our compositions.

The person viewing your work has no idea what the scene really looked like, nor do they care.

All artists are illusionists of one kind or another.

Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.