Portraying women showing fragments of iconic artworks of the past tattooed on their bare backs, and doing it with enough skill to simulate slightly blurred digital photographs… Read more “Photorealist painting at its best, by Agnieszka Nienartowicz”
Tag: Photorealism
The previous ‘Morning After’, by Alyssa Monks
[This post on contemporary American painting is a direct follow-up of another one on my other blog: A Painting with Soul: ‘Morning After II’ by Alyssa Monks.] The… Read more “The previous ‘Morning After’, by Alyssa Monks”
Still Life Photography – Two Masterworks
. Photography like hyperrealist painting – “Photounrealism”? It is quite frequent to take some hyperrealist and photorealist paintings for actual photographs, but not so frequent –in fact, very odd–… Read more “Still Life Photography – Two Masterworks”
“Welcome to”, by Alyssa Monks
. I recently discovered this young American painter –born in New Jersey, 1977. Soon, I published a couple of posts (on this blog and on my sister’s) with… Read more ““Welcome to”, by Alyssa Monks”
Charles Sheeler – From Photorealism to Abstraction (Part II)
This post directly continues a first one on this American artist: “Charles Sheeler – Paintdrawgrapher of factories and machinery (Part I)”. [You may also read them in Catalan… Read more “Charles Sheeler – From Photorealism to Abstraction (Part II)”
Charles Sheeler – Paintdrawgrapher of factories and machinery (Part I)
– (Yes, this oil painting does look like a very good photograph (in 1939) of some locomotive’s wheels and connecting rods. It is kept in the Smith College… Read more “Charles Sheeler – Paintdrawgrapher of factories and machinery (Part I)”
Paintings of absence and melancholy (I) – Chairs and windows by Jim Holland
Some thoughts on Jim Holland’s work and some selected paintings Jim Holland is an American artist, born in 1955 in Schenectady, NY. […]
Paintings of absence and melancholy (II) – Jim Holland’s empty boats
Some views on Jim Holland’s work and some additional selected paintings: (This post is an improved and extended reblogging of an old one with the same title,… Read more “Paintings of absence and melancholy (II) – Jim Holland’s empty boats”
Paintings of absence and melancholy (II) – Empty boats, by Jim Holland
Some views on Jim Holland’s work and some selected paintings: Jim Holland is an American artist, born in 1955 in Schenectady NY. He works with oils and… Read more “Paintings of absence and melancholy (II) – Empty boats, by Jim Holland”
Paintings of absence and melancholy (I) – Chairs and windows by Jim Holland
Some thoughts on Jim Holland’s work and some selected paintings Jim Holland is an American artist, born in 1955 in Schenectady, NY. He works with oils and… Read more “Paintings of absence and melancholy (I) – Chairs and windows by Jim Holland”