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| Outsmarted, 18" X 24" 2009 |
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| Jonathan Queen |
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| First View of Florence, 24" x 30" 2007 |
If vintage toys set your heart a-racing, as they do mine, I'm pretty certain you will love the work of Jonathan Queen.
Queen uses antiques, vintage objects, wooden boxes and photos as props to set the stage in his realistic, narrative oil paintings. Look closely and you will see that in the right setting, toys can become complex characters with a deeper story to tell.
"Leaving the World Behind" is one of my favourites, along with "Beeline". I advise you to spend a good five minutes browsing his portfolio, I'm sure you'll find something that will make you smile.
Queen is represented in the States by Miller Gallery and a few of his paintings ( 1 & 3 shown above) are also available as prints here.
Thanks for the tip Andrea / Flannery O' Kafka.
© Jonathan Queen Fine Art
O my, that's just amazing! I had to look close to see it is actually painted!
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Oh, thank you! His pictures are adorable! And make me really, really happy!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Happy Wednesday, Stephie x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures! :) :)
ReplyDeleteI love the first photo. It's great!!!
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oh, so wonderful! I love them all!
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wibke
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Such an inspiring amazing work, thank you for the post, Deborah.
ReplyDeleteGlad you all like this work, I would never have found it without Andrea's help :-)
ReplyDeleteHonestly, a lovely piece of writing! So glad you like the paintings and understand the narrative aspect! (was that blog tipping by the way??) ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work,I love it, true inspiration...
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