#paintedlandscapes

[kristofcorvinus]

WIP background for a new #bleauxvoodoodude painting #wip #workinprogress #landscapes #paintedlandscapes (at Juneau's Sandwich Shop) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqQQTtWFBvg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sprwr92bfe78

[tedrandler]

“American Twilight” 2018, acrylic on canvas, 20x20” #tedrandler The Fake Wikipedia Article about this painting Or the delusionary euphoria all painters feel when finishing a painting: “American Twilight” is a landscape painted by the American artist Ted Randler in 2018. A work commissioned for the new owners of the Arlington home, the composition features the balance of a home’s interior illumination and exterior crepuscular light of early evening. With antecedent influences of Van Gogh, Seurat, Klee and clearly Hopper, Randler was comfortable with his postmodern instincts to acknowledge his influences but ignore their work as historical endpoints. In 2024, “American Twilight” was selected by the United States Post Office as the image of the “Creative Innovators” collectible first class stamp. While critical reviews of the work were tepid (Jerry Saltz merely acknowledged the piece with two sad-faced and one eye-rolling emojis on his blog. Roberta Smith said of the painting in the New York Times, “It’s okay, I guess, if you like that sort of thing. But Randler makes brutal brushstrokes. I don’t like brutal brushstrokes. I like pretty. Why doesn’t anyone paint pretty anymore?” ). Randler would later create the “That Sort of Thing” tee shirt Instagram fashion sensation in 2026. Randler’s work gained in popularity and commissions grew to the point where he was profiled in Vanity Fair (April 2028) and the New Yorker magazine (June 2035). In 2037 Randler—known for his risqué bon mots— was featured in the center square in the Netflix remake of Hollywood Squares. “I have painted the portraits of celebrities, Vice Presidents and just plain folk, but because of “American Twilight” I will always be known as a house painter,” Randler stated at the opening reception of his MOMA retrospective in 2039. #commisionedwork #art #realism #painting #artforsale #gallery #artcollector #arthistory #lgbtartist #paintedlandscapes #landscapes #arlington #dcartist