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An Empty Bed

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Title: An Empty Bed
Medium: acrylic on wood

This is an acrylic painting on plywood that is a few years old and is part of a series I called Institutional.

The source was a photo I found online of an abandoned asylum in New York. I edited the composition quite a bit extending the walls upward and really accentuating the scratched surfaces. In addition, I adapted the image to my own colors and textures (I tried to incorporate the rough surface of the plywood I was using). As a rule I try not to depend on photos beyond the initial sketch, it allows me to take off into my own world.
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Blacksand459's avatar
Superb creation here! You have delineated the quiet hell of being a patient in such a place. The irony in this is that this room beckons me...it exudes a calmness; I want to sit here and simply gaze at this. That to me is great art, when a mere glance is insufficient; I want to gaze at this. :)

I wanted to note that your style, tone, feel...reminds me very much of Edward Hopper, who is one of my favorite painters.