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Abstract Realism

Art that sits between abstraction and realism

Featured Work

I saw something by Rupert Cefai

Acrylic and Oil Bars on Canvas / 80×80cm / Inspired by the Maltese Landscape
Dreamer by Anett Kilen Kennedy

Abstract Realist oil painting inspired by plans for the future and assessing what can be done next… URL: www.anettkilenkennedy.com
Greta by Sandrine Pelissier

A watercolor portrait of actress Greta garbo on yupo paper I did from a picture, I liked the hat. / Featured in the Fascinating Purple group / Featured in the Abstract Realism group / Featured in the 1:1 with celebrities group /
Water Lilly Bed by Randy Sprout

9X12 Acrylic Sketch on Canvas: I grew up on this lake in Emmetsburg, Iowa watching these Lotus flowers and now back for a visit, I decided to try and capture the differing layers within this subject. First are the floating pads on the surface, then the fluttering pads hanging from the stalks, the heavy shadows under these hanging pad, lotus blossoms themselves, and finally all the reflections and ripples in the lake surface. Lots to look at in only an hour quick study. This kind of works from about 8 foot away, so I am encouraged. Of course I have much grander ideas like incorporating the thousand of fire fly that I saw here last night. But we will see if it gets the better of me, since I have some time now to really study this scene.
Edinburgh Castle by Alan Harris

Impressionistic view across the rooftops towards this formidable Scottish Castle. / Oil on board measures 18” x 12”
Lost by Fred Smilde

18”X 24” water mixable oil and acrylic on stretched canvas- found an old canvas that had turned to mud awhile back and just experimented a little
Cypress Hills 3 by Konnie Kim

16”x12” original oil on canvas has been sold to a collector in Costa Mesa, California
Passion by Ekaterina C

Artist Ekaterina C. 2009 / signed and dated / oil on boxed canvas red poppies
51HuManhattan_Revelations by TedBlackall

20×16” Oil on Canvas
Waterfall in her Lap by JennyArmitage

Watercolor painting of a young girl playing in the water-feature at Town Center Park in Wilsonville, Oregon. Transparent watercolor and a little gouache on Arches cold-pressed 140lb paper. Original is about 11×14. Featured in Rain Drops & Water Art – Fresh Water Only!.
Wind Break by Karsten Stier

“Wind break” is about reducing the landscape down to its barest essentials, so that the focus is on the hills, the trees and their shadows. / The trees are overlapped to give the impression that there are more trees than there actually are. The reason I made them seem to float above the ground is because these types of trees are not indigenous to the surrounding landscape. They don’t really belong. / The hills themselves are smooth and bereft of incidental details, reminiscent of the drought affected grasslands commonly found in pastoral farmlands. Oil on Stretched Canvas – No Airbrushing 36 X 48 inches / 92 X 122 cm / (1468) contact my Agents at Gallery 112 / .....................................................................................................
Marvelling the Mushroom by Marilyn Cornwell

Featured in: / November 2009 Featured Art and Photography / November 2009 The Fruit and Veg Shop This is the underside of pink oyster mushrooms. /

Recent Work

Orange Skies by DebraLee Wiseberg

Abstract or rust and paint in a dumpster. Nikon D200, Tamron 17-50mm
Summer Shoppers by JennyArmitage

Two friends shopping outside in the summer. What could be finer? Transparent watercolor on Arches 140 lb cold-pressed paper. Original is 12×11.
SAILING AWAY© by Olga van Dijk

In the series SAILS AND HARBORS Original OIL 16×20 inches. / Available for Gallery exhibition. / Contact the Artist directly for details. / 50cm x 40cm x 1cm, © 2008, prijs op aanvraag
SAILING© by Olga van Dijk

24×24 inches (60×60 cm) Original OIL IMPASTO available for Gallery exhibition. / Contact me directly for PRICE & details.
Solve This Puzzle: What Is This Mystery Object? by David McMahon

Put your thinking caps on …. what have I shot here? It might look like the world’s biggest bar code, but it ain’t! Let’s have some theories from all you sleuths out there …. I do not crop, enhance or post-edit my images in any way. Shot with a Pentax K100D, using a Sigma 18-125mm lens. F11, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, focal length 125mm.
Trees (triptych) by Olga van Dijk

An intimate and joyful dialogue between t(h)ree works Stand tall and mighty / reach the sky and kiss the sun / I believe in you (HAIKU by Gloria Buono) Triptych 3 small collage/paintings / each framed in a Museum style white Matting / 12×15 inches 31×38 cm (opening 5×7 inches = 18cm x 13cm) / For serious inquire email artist
Grieving Woman of the Costa da Morte" (Spain) by Olga van Dijk

Women on shore, looking at the horizon, comes in mind. / This fisher’s wife is surrounded by water/sea, which is her life, her living. / These women are always worried, always grieving because their men fathers, sons, brothers, husbands have their jobs in one of the most dangerous places. The sea took her love from her. / The nudity of this woman underscores her grief and suffering even greater. The netting of the fishers you’ll find throughout my painting, as well as many fisher’s boats. / On the right of the nude, there’s a compass. / There are also several sun rays filled with musical notes, which portrays that there’s always a silver lining in life. The grieving woman I ‘borrowed’ from Pablo Picasso’s “Blue Nude”. I think he would not mind. A passionated COLLAGE/OIL painting on (gesso-ed) watercolor paper
In the Eye by Carla Jandelle Petters

Paint still shows on nails and eyes on the wood of an old barn. / This is another in my series of The Farm From Kansas. A beautiful place that was abandoned in the very early 1970’s after the water source it relied on disappeared and killed off it’s apple trees. / This building with the red nails is the only solid structure still standing on the property. Everything else is in complete ruin.
Box Office by Wayne Pearson

/ / Taken in Halifax Street Adelaide. Nikon D300
Medusa by Peter Maeck

My mosquito netting in Uganda, furled.
circle with fire tail by gompo

Nikon D90

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About This Group

Art that uses real images as the starting point for abstract art. The image should still be somewhat recognisable, yet still be abstract.

So no pure realism and no pure abstraction. The image must be somewhere between those two. Standing in both camps.

Please do not put in more than two pieces a day, if you submit more than two works all will be rejected. Please be selective with the works you add and only submit your best pieces that conform to group rules. There is no limit to the number of works accepted. Resubmission of the same piece multiple times once it has been rejected will result in removal from the group. Taking out a pieces and resubmitting multiple times will result in it being judged more critically each time.

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