The geometric shadows cast by a hotel portico offers ideal subject matter for abstraction. However, I built this image around the single non-abstract subject in the frame – a furled red and white canopy. From there, I allow the interplay of shadows cast upon the hotel wall by the late afternoon sun to create a cubistic pattern. It features diagonal, horizontal and vertical thrusts, joined by the gentle curves of what seems to be still another shadowy furled canopy. These geometric shadows are all man made, yet nature plays a role here as well – note the feathery flow of a tree shadow bordering the image at the right edge of the frame.