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I reject the description of the style
of my painting as
photorealistic. I make no attempt to duplicate a photograph. Although there can
be a valid artistic point in doing this, it is decidedly not my point. I attempt
to communicate a reality or rather an illusion of actuality, as perceived by the
eye and mind that is more intense, more concentrated than that which can be
captured by the camera and lens alone. I also attempt a more honest portrayal of
what is real than can be than produced by the simple photograph. Since many of
my paintings are purely conceptual, existing originally only in the imagination,
or as a distillation or manipulation of many separate scenes that may exist, did
exist or I think existed, the charge of “merely” duplicating a photograph is
particularly galling. By representing the finest detail in paint I attempt to
foster the illusion, (or foist the illusion), to give a perceived concrete
existence to a pure product of the interpretive imagination. The sometimes
excruciating detail is fundamental to the intended impression, a sleight of hand
(or eye), where we are perhaps distracted by the minutia, enamored of it and
thus lulled into a forgetfulness that the whole is artifice, an elaborate
construct that takes on a life entirely its own, an exaggerated reality so real
that it seems dream-like, a dream more real than waking.
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Irish Dream
Oil 24 x 30
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Today her commissioned works include freehand oil portraits, landscapes and pottery. She has been specializing in the production of Quaich, traditional Scottish drinking vessels, made for whiskey, out of clay. Throwing and handbuilding clayworks are new and exciting explorations for Timmy, and yet, she continues to feel her way through the designing of Tartans and Plaids, in oil on canvas (a process she begin in 2004) and painting the landscapes of Rural Hill in Huntersville remain a special treat for her senses.
All her works are truly inspired from within.
Timmy received the Master Artist degree (1993) and the Photographic Craftsman degree (2000) from the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) because of the excellence of all her creations. She is a Fellow of the Professional Photographers of North Carolina, a Fellow and Past President (1993) of the Carolina Artisans Guild and is a member and Past President (2002) of the Charlotte Art League. Her oil portraits and artworks are hanging in many fine homes and corporate offices throughout the Southeast. |
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"A Lion
Face"
Acrylic
11" x 14" stretched canvas
Not for Sale
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Akiko Watanabe is an award winning artist whose work is collected worldwide. Born and raised in Japan, Akiko studied electrical engineering, Japanese art and culture, and English, and became a professional technical translator of English and Japanese. In 1981 she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she and her husband share their home with their large family of rescued cats, who are often the models for her art.
Akiko was always interested in art and is self-taught in painting. Her media include acrylics, watercolor, and pastel, and her favorite subjects are animals, both domestic and wildlife |
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