It was his wife Norma Strait
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Artists and viewers have a collaborative relationship. Every viewer must in some way interpret the art being viewed if it is to succeed as art for that viewer.
Emphasis.
Jan van Eyck
That is up to the viewer. But an artist's signature means work finished, whichever side of the painting.
He liked to focus on the experience of the viewer rather than the artist.
He called it "transautomatism" (akin to Surrealist automatism, but based on the viewer not the artist).
Change the point of view from which the object is seen.
The cast of Art and Wine Walk - 2012 includes: Marly Allen as Art viewer Pauline Ann Johnson as Narrator Dan Buckingham as Art viewer Betty Ehinger as Art viewer James Mayhew as Art viewer Jason Nuttall as Artist Nancy Pavelek as Art viewer Thomas Pavelek as Art viewer Holly Ranney as Art purchaser Todd Witzman as Art viewer
Make the horizon line relatively low in the paintingApex
This is subjective - for every viewer to decide.
The artist decides what it means to them when they are making it, but the viewer interprets it in a way that has significant meaning to themselves.