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Polluted Blue No.2 Painting

Dries Ketels

Belgium

Painting, Watercolor on Paper

Size: 18.1 W x 22 H x 0.4 D in

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From traditional realism to the reality of realism! Polluted Blue With his series ‘Polluted Blue’ the artist is searching for a new type of realism to represent sea sights. A realism in line with the values and movements of our century. Therefore he developed new painting methods and additional c...

Year Created:

2014

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Medium:

Painting, Watercolor on Paper

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

18.1 W x 22 H x 0.4 D in

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Not Applicable

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Other

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Certificate is Included

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Belgium.

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When I create a series of artworks I ask myself often the following question: “What would the art world, two centuries ago, have thought about this particular series?” Whenever the answer to that question is “They would surely love it.” I know I’m doing something wrong, that it's not progressive enough and not 22nd century oriented. It is my method to get rid of the ballast. In order to get forward we need to get rid of the ballast that holds us back, things that were very useful in the past but that are now out-dated, not ‘beautiful’ anymore, … is ballast that we need to let go. It’s the good old destruction-construction model, destroying parts of the past in order to build the future out of these ‘old’ building blocks. One of the most important attitudes that helped me in developing 'Abstract Realism' and becoming what I am is the simple act of going left when everybody else is going right. It’s the only way to discover the new and push the boundaries forward. Just like life, this creative process is a balancing act, what do we keep of our past and what do we let go. Watercolor is the medium of the future for painting! I strongly believe this. It’s simply the medium that can blend in most easily with all other fields of humanity (science, economy, etc.). Oh yes, before I forget. I should also implement some of the traditional stuff in a statement with terms like: self-motivation, autodidact, ambition, etc. and perhaps a philosophy difficult enough so you don't have the guts to say I'm wrong and strange enough so you can see that I'm an artist. All of that just to show you that I'm serious with my art. Well, let me put it like this: I'm very serious! The best of luck for all of you,

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