Photorealism ~ Happy Birthday Tara (auntietk) by bmac62
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Happy Birthday to my very favorite artist!!!
Has anybody seen Tara?
Oh, here she is checking out a painting by a photorealist who sees the world much the same way she does.
ZOOM worthy:)
Auntie, We all know of your emphasis on the visual complexities of form, color, light, perspective and reflection.
I saw you enjoying this oil on canvas, "Central Savings", by Richard Estes,...and couldn't pass up snapping your picture and sharing your view with all your friends here on Rendo for your birthday, today, May 11th, 2010:)
Happy Birthday my friend x 10:) May this next year bring you nothing but happiness and joy. Many Hugs, Bill
Note: Photo taken with permission by the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
"A New Girl in Town"
Comments (44)
babuci
Wonderful picture to put Tara in so we can see what she is interested about.
bazza
Fantastic birthday dedication and shot Bill, well done!!
Osper
Way cool birthday offering!!
dbrv6
Wonderful dedication and fantastic image and Auntie providing interest!
hipps13
Such a sweet capture warm hugs smile, Linda
neiwil
Belated Birthday wishes Tara, hope you had a great day.Great dedi Bill, I also thought this was a bit of window shopping, one hell of a painting.I was looking for the artist and his easel in the reflection, but he obviously didn't want THAT level of realism.
Chipka
What an amazing shot! I thought she was contemplating an actual window rather than a painting! This is superb! And it's got one of my favorite people in it. This is a perfect birthday gift too! I love everything about it.
billcody
A great work! I have to study it again and again: What is real, what is reflection? Or isn´t it a reflection? It is a painting? Ohhhh.... A wonderful dedication for AuntieTK !
CoreyBlack
Wow! Nice shot Bill! One of my favorite people looking at what I first thought was a reflection in a window. Like Andrea, I have a hard time believing that's a painting! Very cool.
danapommet
Excellent capture Bill - I was looking for yours and Tara's reflections in the window of the diner only to read that this was a piece of art. Getting old is not treating me all that well. Wonderful dedi for Tara’s B-day. Happy Birthday Tara. Dana
mickeyrony
Happy birthday my Beautiful. And it is a brilliant Artist filled with savours my friend. Cheer and still mile mercies ((5++)) Happy Birthday my Beautiful . And elle est une Artiste géniale remplie de saveurs mon ami . Bravo et encore mile mercis((5++))
kbrog
Great painting, even has it's own reflection. I'm sure you like that one too! :) Excellent capture!
Kaartijer
Nice shot and dedication!
anahata.c
I'm embarrassed I'm only commenting on this now, since tara's birthday is over, but I wasn't online then, so I guess I can forgive myself. I'm commenting on some older images right now, because I missed so much & I want to catch up. (I'll return to the present soon!) You caught the Estes with real clarity, given the inhibitions of museum lighting & no flashes. (Flashes, as you probably know, aren't just outlawed because of disturbance to viewers, but also because lots of flashes can alter pigments over time.) You showed us Estes' layered reflections really well: You got all the layers so we can see just how complex his painting was. You got Estes' ambiguities---reflection upon reflection---and some of the questions such images raise: Are those ghosts walking in front in the painting, or reflections of people in the museum? Well, they're in the painting, to be sure; but I wonder if Estes had that question in mind when he painted them. Anyway, since the painting dominates the shot, your capturing Tara to the side is the frosting on the cake: Because her pose creates just what I imagine Estes wanted us to feel: Question, mulling, wondering about the reflections, and just pondering the mix of "photography" and actual paint. (Ie, how photorealism takes us back & forth between the two.) Tara, totally natural, completes the image, she's kind of the 'commentary' to the image. Wonderful, I loved the shot when it went up, and, well---it's June 21, and I'm saying "Happy Birthday Tara" once more! Can't say it enough! Many many more, and it's great to see how you two celebrate each other on this website, and through art itself. A terrific bday upload.