Artists’ Statements
PETER CUNNINGHAM
“This painting is done from the live model
in my studio over three sittings. It is Alla
Prima but with an emphasis on capturing
the reality in front of me, a literal
approach and not an interpretation of
what I feel about what is in front of me.”
MANAMI FUKUDA
“I love looking at things carefully and
deliberately. Realism forces me to spend
time with surface and texture. You know
it works when the technique becomes the
mystery.”
PETER GOUGH
“It has been said that modern realism
begins from the position that truth can
be discovered by the individual through
the senses. “Rouge” may be a departure
from my naturalism landscapes but the
subjects I have chosen to paint are as
well appealing to the senses. Some of the
images play on the physical, such as taste,
texture, sight and smell while others play
on the emotional side of our being and
may even evoke memories from past or
special moments in our lives.”
HERZL KASHETSKY
“I paint what I see, I paint what I feel;
I paint for fun and I paint for real. The
degree of realism varies depending on the
subject & what I wish to express.“
BRIAN LASAGA
“Realism for me is trying to communicate
my visual experiences, thoughts and
emotions from my point of view with
nature to my viewers. When viewing
my work I want the viewer to have an
experience rather than just be viewing a
picture or painting. My aim is to try and
capture an image so that the viewer is
seeing it for the !rst time ever”.
BRUCE PASHAK
“My art has inevitably been concerned
with the notion of the real, or more
speci!cally, how the realness of
something is determined; the difference
between the object (painting, sculpture)
and the perceived object.”
JOHN POTTLE
“I have neither the skills nor the patience
to strive for the excesses of trompe-l’oeuil
painting, and settle for a funked up
version of “realism”.
ALVIN RICHARD
‘‘My artwork tends to gravitate towards
a high form of Realism or Hyperrealism.
Subject matter is everything and
inspiration often occurs during daily
occurrences.“
CATHY ROSS
“My paintings describe plants and “owers
in an accurate and realistic way. I am not
attempting to reproduce reality, I am
adjusting, adding and omitting until I am
happy with the reality I have created.”
PETER SALMON
“Realism has always had a bad ‘rep’
among art critics and certainly among
other artists. Maybe it’s because it needs
no interpretation or explanation. No
mystery- it’s all in front of you. I like to think Banksy would agree.”
CLIFF TURNER
“Realism is about making decisions. What
to include or exclude allows me to create
a narrative within the subject. The highly
realistic manner in which the work is
rendered creates an alternate reality that
is accessable and believable.”
LYNN WIGGINTON
“As a painter, I have chosen to document
and celebrate the heritage and beauty
of Atlantic Canada. Using the tools of a
realist painter, light and shadow, tone
and colour, I re”ect upon and question
our historical, traditional, and present
responses to our built and natural
environment.”