My earliest works were influenced by the things I saw in Soho at the time – the mid to late 1970′s. I was overcome with awe at the efforts by some of the greatest Photorealists who were showing – Richard Estes, Chuck Close, Audry Flack, Hilo Chen and especially Janet Fish. Her work was a real inspiration for me.
I was a gardener and was deeply influenced by
the works of Claude Monet...
— John Doe
Interestingly, I was not drawn to their very urban subject matter. I was a gardener and was deeply influenced by the works of Claude Monet more than anyone, especially the waterlilly and Giverny paintings. My dilemna was that they represented something ultra-romantic and I felt that quality was outdated. Lovely, yes, but from another long-gone era. So I worked toward a solution that married the two – photorealism and Monet (his palette and sense of design). These works show my move away from impressionist technique toward photorealism. They were completed mostly between the years of 1980 and 1988.
Realist Landscape
My earliest works were influenced by the things I saw in Soho at the time – the mid to late 1970′s. I was overcome with awe at the efforts by some of the greatest Photorealists who were showing – Richard Estes, Chuck Close, Audry Flack, Hilo Chen and especially Janet Fish. Her work was a real inspiration for me.
Interestingly, I was not drawn to their very urban subject matter. I was a gardener and was deeply influenced by the works of Claude Monet more than anyone, especially the waterlilly and Giverny paintings. My dilemna was that they represented something ultra-romantic and I felt that quality was outdated. Lovely, yes, but from another long-gone era. So I worked toward a solution that married the two – photorealism and Monet (his palette and sense of design). These works show my move away from impressionist technique toward photorealism. They were completed mostly between the years of 1980 and 1988.