Scrolling through FB, I spotted a gorgeous photo reminiscent of a stained glass window.
The search to identify the photographer revealed that this wasn't actually a photo, but an oil painting! Until recently the artist,
Dennis Wojtkiewicz, was a professor at Bowling Green State University, where he taught painting and drawing since 1988.
He retired last fall, in part to spend more time with his own art.
He says of his hyper-realistic approach: "This idea that you can be surprised, that you never figure it out and
that there’s always something new ahead. Even if I’m working with the
same subject matter, there’s a way to see it anew, a way to see the
same thing but it’s different. With being engaged on a steadier basis
that’s what I’m looking for, to see what happens." I appreciate this healthy attitude of curiosity, which could be applied to any creative endeavor, or to life generally.
Here are some more of his pieces, many of citrus, but he explores various kinds of fruit, as well as flowers, mostly in oils but also in pastels. He seems to approach his subject matter in series: citrus, watermelon, onion, etc.; also in shapes, such as rosettes. His ability to depict light is extraordinary. Just wow! (Click to view larger on black.)
Here are a couple of pastel flowers:
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