"Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part, and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, your are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself."
Chuck Close
Photorealism
"In the late 1970's I was influenced by the Photorealist movement in Soho, NYC.
Given my mechanics background, I began a series of photorealistic tools, hand done, with oil and brush. I found that tools with their reflective chrome, transparent lucite handles, and varied shapes, to be like little jewels - not traditionally seen as objects of art.
This series, with their larger than life scale, dazzling colors, and reflective qualities have been a favorite of many viewers over the years."
Doug with his dear friend, acclaimed Photorealist, Minimalist and Process artist, Chuck Close.
Triumph TR6 (In Progress)
This is a great example of a photorealistic painting unfinished to demonstrate the illusion of light, chrome and reflection.
A Great Discovery!
Only when the painting was finished, Doug noticed that, when turned upside down, he had been painting a landscape with sky, trees, water and a walkway all along.
