| Observation
of Nature
Painting Nostalgia
By Stefan Baumann
Icons of past eras such as Jiffy Pop popcorn pans
and Drive-In movie lots have disappeared from our collective
experience to be replaced with microwave bags and strip
malls. Dying images of yesterday’s America fade before
we realize that they are gone from our view. We look back
in lament of their fading presence in our lives, wishing
we would have captured them upon canvas.
As an American artist, I see myself not only a painter
of beautiful scenery, but also an observer of our time.
I witness the elusive icons of my boyhood, open spaces and
architecture, as they secretly disappear from my daily landscape.
It is important for artists to capture our human environment
before the homogeneous creations of urban sprawl change
them forever.
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