I was struck by the play of light, rich colors and fine details on this old truck parked on a busy shopping street in downtown Lisbon. To express the interplay of these assets, I decided to abstract the truck by moving to make a picture of only one of its lights, and part of its hood and radiator. I eliminated everything else – its spindly wheels, roof, and body. I had too – the more I tried to get into the picture, the more literal and cluttered it became. Conversely, the closer I got, the more emphatic its beauty, grace, engineering and style became. Abstraction usually comes down to giving the viewer less and saying more.