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I'm not sure. It reminds me of Thomas Hart Benton. I've seen your work several times before, and whatever style, it is beautiful and fantastic work. I like it very much.
Very nice work, and to echo a previous poster, it smacks of Thos. Benton, Eyvind Earle and Grandma Moses.
I think it falls within the genre of "Magic Realism." I certainly wouldn't categorize it as either primitive or naive - much too sophisticated for that. And folk art doesn't do it justice either.
Benton's work was tagged as "Regionalism" in his heyday, but I don't think that would be how his style would be referred to today.
Here is something from a bio on Eyvind Earle that avoids putting him into a given genre of painting:
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Earle had a completely original perception of landscape. He successfully synthesized seemingly incongruent aspects into a singularly distinctive style-- a style that is simultaneously mysterious, primitive, disciplined, moody, and nostalgic. He captured the grandeur and simplicity of the American countryside, and represented glimpses of the American scene with a direct lyric ardor. His landscapes are remarkable for their suggestion of distance, landmass, and weather mood.
Earle was much more than a landscape artist but it's his landscapes that strike me as being influences on the works in this thread.
Thanks Jaxart and virgode. Others have identified it with folk art, naive and primitve. I do kinda like "magic realism". I actually worked very realistic. I don't follow all the rules now, lol.
Just curious... but, how much do you sell your paintings for?
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magic realism, hmmm.
