The window is in a sugar house in a nearby park. I was attracted by the textures and contrasts e.g. white curtain/black interior as well as the way the trees are reflected in the glass and are seen through the tear in the curtain.

One version is somewhat broader than the other. I like them both, but I’m not sure which one I prefer. The first version provides more context so that you can see what you are looking at. The second is more abstract in nature. By removing the window frame it’s not so readily apparent that this is a window. You have to think a bit more about what you’re seeing.

We were going out and I was waiting for my wife to finish getting ready. As I stood in the kitchen I noticed the late (around 4:00 pm) afternoon light streaming through the french doors in the kitchen and casting the shadows of the lattice and of a plant onto the wood floor. It seemed to me that this would make a nice black and white image. I also liked the way the the texture of the wood grain on the floor contrasted with the essentially ‘textureless’ shadows.