Goshawk Painting

An original oil painting depicting a life sized female Goshawk staring intently out of the canvas. visit .html for more information How do you capture the texture and beauty of a surface and also show a subject in a dynamic moment in time? Dynamic realism occupies a new position. It is an art form that wrestles the components of impressionism, expressionism and abstraction then creates a depiction of the real. It applies the mathematics of perspective to the psychology in a moment without forgetting the astonishing textural and light effects that can be produced with paint or graphite. It is an art form that is created with an overwhelming dedication to craftsmanship and a consciousness of the contemporary need for images of arresting impact. These are artworks that are created to cause a connective resonance with the viewer, a curiosity about surfaces, to make the mind feel the subject.