Yep, These Are Paintings. Trees On A Line by Trey Friedman.

Trey Friedman's most recent series of paintings, Trees On A Line, was inspired by a particular tree lined road in rural Connecticut which he isolated to 170 trees he routinely returned to render and observe.



Aerial photo of the trees:





The straight half mile stretch of farmland consisted mostly of of Sugar Maple trees, which the property owner estimates average an age of 150 years with some as old as 250 years.



Numbered photos of the trees:





Beginning in 2004, he began to paint the trees in oil, one by one. Inspired by William Beckman and Chuck Close, he co-opted dead-center compositions and in his words " exchanged the egocentrism of human self-portraiture for the ego centrism of arboreal portraiture."







From life, drawings, oil sketches and photos, Trey transferred an initial drawing, using a grid as a guide, laying in paint square by square with a tiny brush on smooth primed canvas or cradled woodboard panels.



Grid Sketches:



and next to the final art (shown larger later in the post):





Charcoal Drawings and studies:





Averaging 24 x 32 inches, the paintings are rendered in a photographically realist manner. After three months of drying, Trey applied one to five layers of color glazes (with two weeks time between each glaze) to get the light and texture just right.



It's hard to believe the following are paintings and not photographs:



























Trey Friedman is represented by Gallery Henoch.

Yep, These Are Paintings. Trees On A Line by Trey Friedman.

Trey Friedman's most recent series of paintings, Trees On A Line, was inspired by a particular tree lined road in rural Connecticut which he isolated to 170 trees he routinely returned to render and observe.



Aerial photo of the trees:





The straight half mile stretch of farmland consisted mostly of of Sugar Maple trees, which the property owner estimates average an age of 150 years with some as old as 250 years.



Numbered photos of the trees:





Beginning in 2004, he began to paint the trees in oil, one by one. Inspired by William Beckman and Chuck Close, he co-opted dead-center compositions and in his words " exchanged the egocentrism of human self-portraiture for the ego centrism of arboreal portraiture."







From life, drawings, oil sketches and photos, Trey transferred an initial drawing, using a grid as a guide, laying in paint square by square with a tiny brush on smooth primed canvas or cradled woodboard panels.



Grid Sketches:



and next to the final art (shown larger later in the post):





Charcoal Drawings and studies:





Averaging 24 x 32 inches, the paintings are rendered in a photographically realist manner. After three months of drying, Trey applied one to five layers of color glazes (with two weeks time between each glaze) to get the light and texture just right.



It's hard to believe the following are paintings and not photographs:



























Trey Friedman is represented by Gallery Henoch.

Margaret Morrison's Paintings Of Candy Treats and Childhood Toys

above: Margaret Morrison's Fisher Price People, 2010, oil on canvas, 48" x 48"

From Wax Lips and Gummy Bears to Pez and Pull-toys, critically acclaimed painter Margaret Morrison captures nostalgia on canvas with her photo realistic oil paintings of candy and toys from our childhood.

Trojan Horse:

Menace (telephone pull toy):

Sweet Nothings (Mickey and Minnie Pez):

Marbles:


Ring Pops:


Wax Lips:

Super Bubble gum:

Gummy Bears:

Gummy Worms:

Gummy Centipedes:

Hershey's Chocolate Kiss:



Margaret Morrison:


The talented artist is a professor at the University of Georgia's Lamar Dodd School of Art and also paints many other subjects including figurative work as in her Centricity series, flowers and foods. She has been represented by the Woodward Gallery for the past 17 years.