The words "haunting" and "rustic" are so good!!! Thank you@ricreate, your perception is uncanny... I almost didn't add this painting here because of the poor photo quality (this is an early work sold ages ago, so no way to re-photograph it)... but it kept on talking to me, making visible the blank spaces between people... it also made me wonder, was this emptiness of rustic communication ever so loud as it is in these times?... if so, what is filling its space?
Oh... corporate social media might be replacing those spaces, not exactly filling them... maybe this is particularly noticeable to those of us who stayed out of it... just a thought, but I feel it could be relevant here...
Yes, I couldn't agree more@miggy, blank spaces can be very meaningful, specially when they are meant... just think about it, you have to be very close to someone to enjoy silence in their company... your two fishermen paint a nice image of that feeling... very nice!