Nature and especially angels and winged beings conform to the geometry of realism... look a shell out of the ocean.. notice the nice clean spiral? Look a birds wings... Notice the nice clean lines? maybe if it was a chaotic arrangment but the feathers were nicely rendered... or if they had some details of feathers in them... Then you could talk alot about realism.. but nope.. its not there man.
A background does more than "distract" you if its done right... in this case the lack of a background doesn't point to a higher purpose... Its left that was because the artist was unsure of his talent. Unsure of his technique. The blank background distracts from the picture because its blank. its stark white... it draws your eye more than the lines in the picture.
What the fuck do you want, pretty-ful cloudz andeh da yellow sun?
nope.. thats something the artist should decide.... but in this case ANYTHING would have been preferable to blank space...
Also I'm sure that when art critics don't agree they look at one another and say "Grow up, you suck at comparing art."
Yep.... thats what the grown ups do...
