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Tag Archives: Realism
Michael Jackson Heaven
Having waited a respectful period so as to not take advantage of a national tragedy, here is my pop art rendering of Michael Jackson, sending us a message from Heaven.
Michael hasn’t looked this way in a long time. I choose to remember him in his prime. Isn’t that the way most of us would prefer to be remembered?
Michael was a performer almost from infancy, and as such, he never had a chance at a normal life. He existed only to entertain us. And that is the best and the worst of the story…
Impressionist Pastel Painting Oregon Nestucca River
Nestucca River & Bay Pastel
A piece of realism just completed. In general, I update my impressionist works at oregonpainter.tv but I like to keep my general blog readers abreast of my efforts, too!
This pastel painting is 11×15 – the framed size is 16×20. You can also find an earlier, smaller version of this work at oregonpainter.tv along with some of my other impressionist paintings. The photo of this painting does NOT do it justice.
(All works on paper)
UPDATE: This painting was one of two entered in the local county-wide art exhibit. They both won FIRST PLACE in their categories (Portraits on Paper, Landscapes on Paper). This painting also won “Best In Class” for all works on paper.
UPDATE 2: Nestucca Pastel is now owned and proudly displayed by the Riverhouse Restaurant in Pacific City, Oregon. You might enjoy dropping by there to see it.
The Long Night Is Over
After the 100 mile per hour PLUS winds, after the 20 inches of rain… after the week without electricity or water… is THIS a Ray of Hope?
Photograph by Pagani
A rainbow shines over a flooded field as seagulls rest in the distant foreground.
California Gull and Snowy Plover Realism
Acrylic on paper, 11″ x 15″ – using only three near-primary colors to create this painting, I had a lot of fun. Red Ribbon winner.
For more photo-style realism, here is a snowy plover:
I can get a lot of color out of some keyed-down semi-primaries, eh? I kept the background highly impressionistic just to make SURE the viewer understands that they are looking at a painting not a photograph. Several people were sure that these were photographs anyway, much to my disappointment. This is why I made a decision a few years ago to avoid publishing any of my paintings that may have strayed too far into photo-realism or hyper-realism.
I don’t want to feed the art trolls. And look at what you get when you glorify hyper-realism: You get ink jet reproductions of photographs passed off as paintings.
