Our mentor group has a theme of red/artistic this week as part of a 52 week project. I'm not sure I can claim this is artistic -- but it did make me think of illustrations in a children's storybook of a lighthouse that maybe dreams of actually going out to sea. So art...if we stretch the concept a bit.
Oh yes I love this one!! Very creative and artistic !! I am going to have to have another go now I have seen this just to try to work out how you did it!! Still looking for red/artistic. Seem to have lost my mojo!! Fav for your great image!!
Why would you not consider this art? It certainly tips its "hat" in the direction of surrealism as far as I'm concerned. It has balance, color, lines, shape, a hint of texture, which are all compositional elements in art. So...I think it's art! And I like it!