Items Similar to Aubrey's Barber Shop
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9
Michael WardAubrey's Barber Shop2018
2018
About the Item
Aubrey's Barber Shop
A tiny barber shop in Grayling, a tiny town in northern Michigan home to an Army base (and loyal Wolverine fans).
Acrylic on Canvas
14" x 18"
2020
About the Artist:
Michael Ward began his artistic career doing pen and ink renderings of historical architecture. He began painting in 1980, first in gouache, then in acrylics. Artists whose work Ward admires and draws inspiration from include Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, Richard Estes and Vermeer. He is most interested in depicting what Alan Watts called the mystery of the ordinary; the workaday world we live in without seeing until we are forced to focus upon it, as in a painting.
Nearly all his paintings are based on photographs he has taken over the years, primarily of Southern California scenes. Though it was never his intention to depict nostalgic scenes, many of the images he has painted have disappeared or been radically altered in the ever-changing landscape that is Southern California. Thus nostalgia is thrust upon the works. But what Ward is really after is bearing witness, and making people stop what they're doing and pay attention, to something they may have never seen before, but that makes them feel “I know this.”
Ward is currently working on a series of house paintings. These simple, ordinary, unnoticed places have hidden interior lives, though they do not reveal them to us. The houses are from a variety of locations in the United States and Mexico. They are the places we grew up in, places of nurture, experience, trial, memory and forgiving. They are all a common size, to symbolize our shared experience of being human.
Phyllis Lutjeans, Museum Educator and former curator, has said of his work: “Although Michael Ward may be called a neo-realist painter his work can ultimately be described as abstract realism. The picture image is photographically realistic, but within the context of the painting his compositions are complex and almost abstract. Deciphering the work section by section one sees how a multitude of individual complete compositions are put together to form the entire work. For me the viewer is confronted by a realistic image that puzzles us and clearly tells the story simultaneously.” Or as a young girl viewing his work at the Laguna Festival of Arts remarked, “You make the ordinary look beautiful.”
As a painter, Michael Ward is self-taught.
- Creator:Michael Ward (1953)
- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:East Hampton, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2849629872
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 2002
1stDibs seller since 2013
267 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: East Hampton, NY
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 3 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- 76By Michael WardLocated in East Hampton, NYAcrylic Canvas 20x16 Photo Realism 2018 The largest and last in a series of paintings of this southern California icon. About the Artist: Michael Ward ...Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- HOLLARSBy Michael WardLocated in East Hampton, NYGas Station About the Artist: Michael Ward began his artistic career doing pen and ink renderings of historical architecture. He began painting in 1980,...Category
2010s New Media Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- 29 PalmsBy Michael WardLocated in East Hampton, NYBased on a photo of a house in Twentynine Palms, California. I was taken by the lack of windows on the side of this house, a practical adaptation for the desert climate. I added the dog, from a photograph taken in Mexico. About the Artist: Michael Ward...Category
2010s New Media Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- Make OfferBy Michael WardLocated in East Hampton, NYI spotted this Coke machine in my neighborhood. Background has been simplified. I realized while painting this that the marks on the bottom of the machin...Category
2010s New Media Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- Fruit (Triptych)By Michael WardLocated in East Hampton, NYMichael Ward Fruit Triptych 21” x 23” (7”x 23”each) Acrylic on Canvas About the Artist: Michael Ward began his artistic career doing pen and ink rende...Category
2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
- WaterworksLocated in East Hampton, NYWaterworks_Framed 2018 Acrylic on canvas 30 x 40in About the Artist: Beth Barry was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1955 and started making art as a young child. Exposed to love of making things by her father, she used to make furniture and clothing for her troll dolls...Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Acrylic
You May Also Like
- Green Glow of the Sea-original realism seascape oil painting-contemporary ArtLocated in London, ChelseaIn "Green Glow of the Sea," Lia Madsen transports viewers to the mesmerizing realm where land meets water, capturing the essence of the ocean's verdant embrace in stunning realism. T...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Azure Tempest -original modern realism seascape oil painting-contemporary ArtLocated in London, ChelseaIn "Azure Tempest," Lia Madsen presents a breathtaking vista of the ocean in all its tumultuous beauty, expertly rendered in realistic detail. This original seascape painting invites...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- "Sea and Sky in Moonlight" Large Photo-Realist Beach Landscape Dark Blue/WhiteBy Kimberly MacNeilleLocated in Wellesley, MA"Sea and Sky in Moonlight," Oil on Canvas, 60 x 46 Inches, is a large nocturne of the shoreline dominated by a highly dramatic sky of deep blues, grays, lavender and white, with bril...Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Lullaby-original modern Hyper realism seascape oil painting-contemporary ArtLocated in London, ChelseaChristopher Witchall's "Lullaby" gently whispers the serenity of a calm ocean bathed in the soft hues of dawn. This original seascape painting, delicately crafted in oil on canvas, t...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- Sommer’s Glow -original realism modern seascape oil painting-contemporary ArtLocated in London, Chelsea"Sommer's Glow" captures the essence of a tranquil seaside moment, rendered in the vibrant strokes of impressionism by the talented Lia Madsen. This diptych masterpiece consists of t...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil
- "Sea and Sky in Hazy Sun" Highly Realist Large Beach Landscape Purple/Pink/BlueBy Kimberly MacNeilleLocated in Wellesley, MA"Sea and Sky in Hazy Sun," Oil on Canvas, 60 x 46 Inches, is a large beach painting of the shoreline at sunset dominated by a dramatic sky of bl...Category
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsCanvas, Oil