Category Archives: ART

Paintings, photography, aesthetic objects, beautiful communication, and anything I consider to be art, artful, artistic, artsy or whatever.
Art is subjective. It is a quality of communication can be contributed to by the viewer through empathy or agreement with its creator.

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OXYMORON: GOVERNMENT ETHICS

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OXYMORON:  Definition — 1657, from Gk. oxymoron, noun use of neut. ofoxymoros (adj.) “pointedly foolish,” from oxys”sharp” (see acrid) + moros “stupid.” Rhetoricalfigure by which contradictory terms are conjoined soas to give point to the statement or expression; theword itself is an illustration of the thing. Now often used loosely to mean”contradiction in terms.”, e.g. “Government Ethics”.  There is an actual government office called ” The US Office of Government Ethics”.  Really!? You couldn’t make this shit up if you stayed up all night…..

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Hyperrealistic Paintings

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Tom Martin is a young English artist who  makes use of acrylic paint to create the most amazing paintings. Looking at them you could swear they are simple photographs, but in reality they are painstakingly painted by hand.  Hyperrealism evolved from the “photorealism” movement of the 1970s, and it’s dedicated to making artworks that are “more real than real”. Hyperrealists try not just copy a photograph with paint, but emphasize elements that were not evoked by the original. 23-year-old Tom Martin is already one of the most respected hyperrealist artist in the world, with works featured in art exhibitions all around the world.  Just have a look at his amazing super-sized paintings and tell me if you’d have known they aren’t simple photos or computer generated images.