Weekly Challenge
Weekly Challenge 26-12
This week’s Weekly Challenge is Shamrock, Texas, a stop on the famed Route 66. Named by an Irish immigrant as a nod to his Irish heritage, it hosts one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Texas.
Old brick storefronts with peeling paint. Telephone poles marching into the distance in perfect perspective. There’s a beautiful, melancholy texture to the town. The landscape enforces a radical flatness where strong, clean horizontal lines dominate. The roads and power lines all converge toward a single vanishing point. Shamrock has the quiet, contemplative mood of an Edward Hopper, a little lonely, a little timeless, suffused with nostalgia for something just out of reach.
Give this week’s challenge a go and remember to share your version on our Facebook Group Page, Friends of Portsmouth Arts Guild.
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