Hollingsworth graduated from high school in 1972 just as the Vietnam War was coming to a conclusion. Nonetheless, the Selective Service system of assigning draft status by a lottery based on birth dates resulted in Hollingsworth having a “draft number” of 9, which meant that he would inevitably be drafted into military service. He chose instead to enlist in the Air Force where he served for two years in the service and an additional four years in the Air National Guard. It was during these years that he also began to paint in watercolor.
After his stint in the Air Force, Hollingsworth focused on allocating the educational benefits of his G.I. bill wisely, ultimately choosing to attend Atlanta Area Technical School where he obtained an Airframe and Power Plant Certificate in 1980; this allowed him to accomplish his goal of working as an airplane mechanic. Hollingsworth had a long-standing interest in flying, and in particular, had become especially intrigued by the sport of soaring, flying sail planes which have no engines. Today, his painting continues to reflect this fascination as he depicts a variety of airplanes in his still-life paintings.
The lure of design pulled Hollingsworth out of his work as a airplane mechanic in 1982 when he went to work for a graphic design studio owned by a friend’s father. The studio needed someone who could design and produce promotions for southeastern dairy farm clients; for Hollingsworth, this work offered a different type of challenge, as well as the prospect of more congenial working conditions from the chilly hangars that he’d experienced as a mechanic.
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I think that style of art is called photo realism.
ReplyDeleteWell, it might be, or maybe it isn't. But, wow, are you related to Neil?
DeleteI try for accuracy, even in the words I choose.
You might have no idea how many comments and emails I get when I'm NOT accurate, and ironically, as this example proves, when i AM accurate, and other people think I'm STILL WRONG! HA! LOL, ROFL!
I kid you not, I'm am laughing at the irony.
Trompe l'oeil, (French: “deceive the eye”) in painting, the representation of an object with such verisimilitude as to deceive the viewer concerning the material reality of the object.
Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium.
So, is it one, the other, or both?
Either way, a master of painting made an incredible piece of art
MAybe the only way to distinguish, in this specific example, would be to find out if he painted the car, or, painted a photo of the car.
DeleteAnyway, I'm not interested in the effort to find out.
I love what he did, I respect the effort, the result, and that's as both a painter, a photographer, and a car guy.
and as a blogger, I share the respect, by posting it. I share the artists work, to let others know I've just learned of a talented artist, and the art lovers, that I've learned of a magnificent piece of art. To the Buick fans, I've shared a cool old Buick that was painted.
DeleteTo the casual blog follower, or military vet appreciator, I've found an Air Force vet that then became famous as a painter
Not related.I am not trying to criticize or score points just add to the coversation.Trompel'oeil is for example when you paint a window on a blank wall giving a view outside of something that doesn't exist.Photo realism is when you try to paint like it is a photograph of something.Photo realism was popular during the 1960s and is a style of art I think is incredible.There were quite a few photo realism painters and cars were a popular subject.
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