Tomaten

I am and will probably always be completely baffled by colour and its value diversity.  We tend to associate certain objects and emotions with distinctive colours:

- blue is cool, water, sky

- purple is melo, royal, bruises

- yellow is bright, sun, school bus

Without colour, recognition would be vastly different and how we approach things may be slower without that immediate colour association.  

I found this image interesting because of the obvious alteration to the tomato colour.  Of course there are a variety of tomato colours, but most common is red. The artist has painted over one of the key aspects of recognition - this not only makes the viewer curious but also forces the exploration of the objects form.  

This almost reminds me of how our bodies adjust depending on how well certain senses work; exp. Someone who is blind can finger-read brail because one of their senses incapable of working, allowing others to be heightened.  The colour change in this image allows us to better observe the other characteristics of the tomato.  

- Joelle