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Let's take a moment to appreciate the creative work of Patrick Kramer. His images, rich with color and full of soft light that makes the surfaces glow, are lovely. He captures a wide range of subjects — from portraits, to still life, to landscapes — as well as more surreal imagery. There's a serenity and a sense of humor to them that make the pieces approachable, but the most striking thing about them is how they're produced.
That's because these aren't photographs. These are oil paintings.
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Frustration
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Yellow Rose
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The Utah-based painter says that he enjoys the moment when people learn that they're looking at paintings and not photos, because they begin to see the work differently.
In an interview with Wall Hop, Kramer explains this unique interaction. "People will walk past a fairly banal hyper-realistic work, assuming it's a photograph," he says, "but when told it's a painting, will do a double-take. They'll go back and scrutinize, look for brush strokes, analyse the work in a way that would never occur with photography. The image hasn't changed, only the process behind the work, but it changes everything for the viewer."
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Spheres
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When it comes to the diversity of his subjects, Kramer says he's inspired by pretty much everything.
"I'm inspired by a diverse range of subjects, and my motivations for each painting vary," he says. "Many of my paintings are just imagery that I find mesmerizing. Dramatic perspectives, reflections off windows, light refracted through glass — things that I find visually captivating. Other work is more expressive and emotive in nature, unique compositions and juxtapositions that I find compelling. I enjoy these pieces because they can be a lot more personal and creatively gratifying."
Kramer also has a good sense of humor about his art, and it shows in some of his pieces. "A few of my pieces dabble in humor and the absurd. Fine art can be so serious and pretentious...it's fun to make a painting that just makes me laugh," he explains.
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Salt Lake Library
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Pink Blossom
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