Wow

[Colin_Fraser]

I stumbled across this Toronto artist's work, painted of reanactors on the Gettysburg battlefield in 2014. Bruce K. Lawes. Wow

Colin

 

[T-34/85]

If he can do that with a painting, it would be scary to see what he could accomplish with a figure

Tom

 

[Gary D]

That's amazing! I agree with Tom, imagine what he can do with a 3D fig.
Gary

 

[sd0324]

Wow is right, that is cool.




Steve Deyo

 

[Blind Pew]

If he can do that with a painting, it would be scary to see what he could accomplish with a figure

Tom

I know what you mean, this guy's talent is without question but he'd probably ruin it.
What we do is a completely different discipline.

 

[kagemusha]

There really are no words to describe such natural talent effectively......gobsmacked

 

[Richie]

Agree with all the above comments, the faces look like photograph's, the lighting is just awesome. What a talent . The only affinity I have with him, is my mixing palette looks as scruffy as his.

 

[kagemusha]

Be quicker if he just got a decent camera ...............seriously tho.....it's the blades of grass that got me

 

[OldTaff]

Having no wish to be controversial in any way, this is the art I like, and would gladly invest in if I had the money. You can keep all the squiggly lines and vague blobs, squares, and twisted forms. A picture that presents people or scenes,or objects, as closely detailed as these, something that tells a story......that is art to me. These guys are emulating the Old Masters, and I applaud them.

 

[housecarl]

Wow indeed.

 

[waterloo1815]

AWESOME & then some!!!!

 

[Colin_Fraser]

This guy is crazy....here is his rendition of Pickett's Charge. He is primarily a western equine artist, not military.

 

[swralph]

These photographic artist's are IMO stunning painters.
I can paint picture's as good if not better than this,But then I usually wake up
Ralph.

 

[ellie]

WOW is the right word for this he is some artist, it's a joy to look at.

Ian

www.elliesminiatures.com

 

[DEL]

It's funny and good as to how much taste differs. These are sensational paintings but don't tug the strings for me.
I get the same feeling as a viewer as I do with a good photograph of re-enactors.
Personally I feel that to appreciate art the viewer has to contribute to the experience by applying their own interpretation.
I have the same view when looking at figures and that's what I like so much about work by artists on the planet like Smudger (Brian Smith).
You look at his work and you get drawn into a story, he stretches my imagination.
There is an increase in photographic style painters and their talent is amazing but not for me.
As I said just my opinion and personal taste.
Cheers
Derek

 

[Helm]

It's ok but I think mine does it better though

 

[Colin_Fraser]

It's funny and good as to how much taste differs. These are sensational paintings but don't tug the strings for me.
I get the same feeling as a viewer as I do with a good photograph of re-enactors.
Personally I feel that to appreciate art the viewer has to contribute to the experience by applying their own interpretation.
I have the same view when looking at figures and that's what I like so much about work by artists on the planet like Smudger (Brian Smith).
You look at his work and you get drawn into a story, he stretches my imagination.
There is an increase in photographic style painters and their talent is amazing but not for me.
As I said just my opinion and personal taste.
Cheers
Derek

I actually agree with you Del. I think the photo realism if his style is too much for me. I like realism but this takes it too far for my taste. Sort of technique for its own sake. I really don't like his Pickett's Charge piece at all as it looks like a bland screen shot from the Gettysburg DVD.....no composition and no story.....no soul. But that's just me. I wish I could paint like that as I know what soulful things I would paint.

Colin

 

[OldTaff]

Catch his gallery and see his other work...beautiful

Alan

 

[Inaki]

Hi!
I know I will never achieve the technique this guy enjoys and I admit it's close to perfection... but not Art, in my opinion. Talent? Of course! And nice, indeed, but I am with Wilde, regarding the meaning of Art: "Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. ... painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself".
Hyper-Realism, in my opinion, destroys personal creation.
When we paint, we try to catch a emotion, to shape a "previous idea" and I feel we rather paint what we feel than what we (or the rest of the world) see.
Having said that, I paint awfully and I'd buy, if I could, these guy's beauty paintings.
However, I wanted to encourage you, Friends, to try to add your personal emotion to the figures, which having been previously sculpted, sometimes do not allow easily much personal added value beyond a better or worse technique.
Artists? Carl Reid, Moz, Gra, and so many others... they do create from nothing.
Thank you, guys.

Iñaki

 

[Joe55]

Yup, this artist is truly gifted and has the knack for hyper realism, but I agree that the Pickett's charge painting doesn't exactly capture the moment of glory.

Joe