Leslye Bloom • 2009 works


Carolina Clay Redux 8 1/8"h x 19 5/8"w computage/encaustic new for CVCC show	Shéhérazade 12"h x 12"w x 3"d acrylic based on life drawing new for Studio School Show	Maple Breeze 14 1/8”h x 8 5/8”w computage + collage on paper	Laundromat 10”w x 13.75”h Computage, Acrylic new for CVCC show

When used to describe art, the term "Realistic" has problems. If a deranged person draws the monster chasing him, who can say it isn't real (at least to him?)

I prefer 'photographic' or 'mimetic' to mean the shapes & colors of objects 'common' to our shared experience.

The story goes that Pablo Picasso was riding on a train while a fellow passenger insisted that art must look realistic. He ending by removing his wallet, handing Picasso a photo, and saying "this is my wife. That's realistic."

Picasso replied, "she's awfully small... and flat."

Pool Pollen
12"h x12"w, x3"d,
mixed computage/acrylic,
new for Mount Airy show,
Juror's example

"See the Pine Needles Drifting
Pollen Swirling,
Bubbles Rising
In My Face"

Pool Pollen Source Photo
June 1, 2008
(Olympus underwater camera)

This 'photographic' piece was composed with two shots. One taken by me, and the other by Al, my late husband, in Albuquerque, September 2008. The sun's position shifted a bit while we changed positions, so adjusting the shadows, parallax, and relative sizes was challenging.

There's no way this is realistic. It's a lie. We never sat side-by-side on that bench.

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