When I first started photography, I used a crop-sensor camera with a portrait lens. The frame always felt a little tighter than I wanted, and I often had to step back to include everything I was trying to capture.
That feeling stayed with me.
In this painting, the most important part of the story is missing. We see the swing, but not the ball. Where did it go? Did it reach its target, or miss it entirely?
The viewer is left with a question rather than an answer.
Perhaps the most important part of the story remains out of frame.
