After a successful outing earlier this year at Expo Chicago, I have been commissioned to paint 3 new works. The interesting part about these commissions are 2 of them will be copies of paintings I did a couple years ago.
The first one is another daredevils fishing lure piece. A client from McCormick gallery missed out on the original painting that sold just a few weeks before. So he asked if I would be willing to re-paint it. This idea hasn't crossed my mind before, but there isn't any reason why it cannot be done. I'm just excited that there are folks out there who consider my ideas worth reproducing.
I've never thought my work would translate well into print form because, well they already kind-of look like photos - so what's the point? Part of the excitement with hyperrealism painting is being able to call the finished piece a painting. I feel this genre of art doesn't function well as a print unless the artist is well known such as someone like William Harnett or John Peto. What I'm saying is, I doubt I'm print worthy yet.
Anyway, here is the first reproduction, which is completed.
The first one is another daredevils fishing lure piece. A client from McCormick gallery missed out on the original painting that sold just a few weeks before. So he asked if I would be willing to re-paint it. This idea hasn't crossed my mind before, but there isn't any reason why it cannot be done. I'm just excited that there are folks out there who consider my ideas worth reproducing.
I've never thought my work would translate well into print form because, well they already kind-of look like photos - so what's the point? Part of the excitement with hyperrealism painting is being able to call the finished piece a painting. I feel this genre of art doesn't function well as a print unless the artist is well known such as someone like William Harnett or John Peto. What I'm saying is, I doubt I'm print worthy yet.
Anyway, here is the first reproduction, which is completed.
The second commission is another cap gun painting, "Faithful Nichols". The original sold at a competition in Cincinnati, but a client through the gallery saw it online and was disappointed it was gone. They contacted me and asked if it was possible to paint another one. So here is the work in progress of it.
Lastly, the third commission is a surprise gift, so the details will remain vague. It will be a traditional trompe l'oeil shadow box painting with interesting subject matter. Sorry, no photos of this one until it is finished.
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