{"id":58,"date":"2011-07-05T22:18:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2011-07-05T22:18:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T22:18:25","slug":"apparition-of-face-with-hands-oyster-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/05\/apparition-of-face-with-hands-oyster-shells\/","title":{"rendered":"Apparition of Face with Hands Oyster shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title Apparition of Face with Hands and Oyster Shells is intentionally off the wall and very unique. This image is one purely created from the dream state, something impossible and yet imagined, making the impossible real or more correctly surreal. The face is one of either a comedic nature or a face to unbalance or intimidate. The colors are as vivid as any in my work and intended to play off the calm setting with a dramatic and tense contrast. Even the near symmetry is intended to stop the viewer in their tracks and create in each a story that goes with the image.<\/p>\n<p>This painting is Acrylic on Canvas, measuring 30&#8243; by 30&#8243;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title Apparition of Face with Hands and Oyster Shells is intentionally off the wall and very unique. This image is one purely created from the dream state, something impossible and yet imagined, making the impossible real or more correctly surreal. The face is one of either a comedic nature or a face to unbalance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/05\/apparition-of-face-with-hands-oyster-shells\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apparition of Face with Hands Oyster shells<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-portfolio","category-slider"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/ApparitionofFace-withHandsOystershells-e1309906832996.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61,"url":"https:\/\/sirrealist.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/05\/creation\/","url_meta":{"origin":58,"position":0},"title":"Creation","author":"Sir Realist","date":"July 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Creation is perhaps one of my oldest true surreal images on canvas and has received the most comments and critique when viewed. 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The dynamic colors and contrast as well as the seeming motion of the fingers and hands was intended to mimic a wave about to crash. 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Looking more carefully at the surroundings and positioning tells a much more sinister story. The Feeding is about the end of innocence, the corruption and consumption of purity. 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