{"id":979,"date":"2013-10-26T08:27:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T12:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/?p=979"},"modified":"2013-12-02T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T03:33:28","slug":"realism-or-impressionism-ism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/?p=979","title":{"rendered":"Realism or Impressionism? Ism?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/549071_10151384556512102_885760494_n.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[979]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-991 aligncenter\" alt=\"549071_10151384556512102_885760494_n\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/549071_10151384556512102_885760494_n-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It occurs\u00a0to me that photo realism is based solely on technique, and finds little delineation between being commercially oriented, and a purpose saturated in impressing. I have achieved realism in my work, through drawing and playing with tones &#8211; but never tried to achieve a hyper sense of space on canvas &#8211; primarily due to my interest in photography. I feel photographs are invaluable tools for composition &#8211; but replication should be interpreted in a sentient way, in my opinion.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen few realistic painters who can deliver a sense of ethereal &#8211; though they exist. I am not sure why I paint with the colors I do &#8211; it is part automated, as my approach is steeped in abstract expressionism and the Barbizon school of art. It&#8217;s a strange mix, and I find myself drawing closer to artists of a more realistic merit &#8211; though not yet fully engaged with the technical fine line of depicting values on that level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It occurs\u00a0to me that photo realism is based solely on technique, and finds little delineation between being commercially oriented, and a purpose saturated in impressing. I have achieved realism in my work, through drawing and playing with tones &#8211; but never tried to achieve a hyper sense of space on canvas &#8211; primarily due [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavinart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}