Completed Mackintosh Piece

Ta Ta! Finished and done with, the 1920's inspired Glasgow Rose style panel is finished. It's tall and narrow, like a lot of Rennie Mackintosh's work. I finished this off with with one red square in the dark brown border. It just seemed to fit Mackintosh's sensibility- he often used squares and checkerboards in his designs, The off center square of bright red echos the red of the rose. It creates another diagonal line in the design as the eye travels from the square to the rose and to the upper right corner. The wavy clear glass in the background does the same thing, making a very simple , almost childish design have an internal rhythm . I don't claim Mackintosh's sure design sense, but I can borrow some of the elements he worked out in my tribute to his work.