Realistic Landscape Painters

Many of the paintings are achieved with an airbrush using acrylics oils or a combination of both.
Realistic landscape painters. A word on style. I specialize in realistic western landscapes. Landscape was an established genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century ad but in the western art world landscape painting as an independent genre began only after the era of renaissance art prior to that the scenery acted merely as a background for human activity netherlands was one of the first places in which landscape art became popular and the dutch golden age spanning the 17th. My style preference is a point somewhere between realism and abstraction.
Pencils pastels oil paints etc can also be used to create realistic paintings. Welcome to the realistic landscape oil paintings and artwork of william hagerman and impressionist works by byron my alter ego and the signature used for my impressionist work. To me i like to paint what i see. Realistic paintings are typically 10 to 20 times the size of the original photographic reference source yet retain an extremely high resolution in color precision and detail.
They often offer a wide view of the scene and usually place some focus on the sky. Realistic paintings are very detailed and they. But the majority of my time has been spent with the works of today s living western landscape painters. Deeply entrenched in a long and storied history contemporary landscape artists also contend with the future a future saddled with global warming and environmental catastrophe as well as our increasingly virtual spaces.
But landscape painting s seemingly tired reputation makes it a fertile genre for innovation. In addition to wanting to represent or replicate their obvious beauty some artists opt. A landscape painting refers to an artwork whose primary focus is natural scenery landscape was a main genre in the eastern art tradition by 4th century ad however in the west till the 17th century landscape was majorly confined to the background of portraits or paintings dealing principally with religious mythological or historical subjects. Artists choose landscapes as their subjects for a variety of reasons.
Painters of the dutch golden age. Tightly painted works or works that are photo realistic may be technically superb but leave me unsatisfied artistically. Many artists use adobe illustrator for creating these realistic paintings. Subject matter includes realistic and impressionist paintings of the texas hill country bluebonnet paintings american west southwest landscapes and other beautiful.
Mar 14 2017 explore sue birkenshaw s board realistic landscape paintings on pinterest. My artwork features views from my visits to glacier national park in montana texas and the west. See more ideas about landscape paintings landscape painting. Welcome to dennis farris fine art.
Landscape paintings can depict a variety of settings such as mountains forests rivers and beaches.