hand-painted work - This Semester, Painting I

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I've always had a great respect for people who can paint realistically. I'm a terrible painter myself, and the fact that anyone can apply real-looking structure and lighting with paint can amaze me.

I like still lives too, but mostly when there's a twist or symbolism (old paintings with a thousand different objects symbolizing death or sex). Still (haha[/code]) I think the surface of the blue vase in the first one is great. Same goes for the vases in the last one.