The job of an impressionist painter.

Hi friends.
This is a blog by an Artist Mike Barr, I felt he said in a few short lines what I have been trying to say all week.
I normally do not have guest bloggers on my page but for Mike I made an exception, he really gets to the heart of the matter.
I do hope you enjoy it and are inspired by it.
Regards...Mark


Artist Mike Barr.
Impressionist Artist living in,

The job of an impressionist painter is not to duplicate what they see, the camera on a Smartphone will do a much better job.

Impressionists paint to record the feeling of the moment and this is quite different from merely painting what is there. In many respects such painters are illusionists and they will pull out all the tricks they know to make you feel like you are there in the painting. They don't spend hours tracing out the forms and then painting them in. Often they will change things to suit the mood they are portraying. This means they will be leaving things out, putting things in, making up things completely and exaggerating colour, light, shadow and form.

Painting is not about duplicating nature, it's about interpreting the scene so viewers can feel it, not just see it. It's about inviting them to make up their own story as they revel in the illusion. It's about making people stop in their stroll through the gallery and engaging with their own imagination.

This is the wonder of being an artist and particularly an impressionist.


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