I am an avid reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy. As a result, I sometimes let my imagination lead me to create paintings that reflect those stories. Imaginative Realism means taking a fantastic or imaginary subject and portraying it realistically in art. Although myth, fantasy and science fiction are easy subjects for this group, almost any imaginary subject matter can qualify providing it is portrayed as if the subject is real or the action could actually take place: an alien landscape, a dragon, unicorns, other mythological creatures, images from Native American/Greek/Roman Myths, pets playing cards, dinosaurs sitting down at a table, etc.
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UNICORN'S LAP
I painted this to celebrate Mother's Day.
This painting shows a baby unicorn
sleeping in his mother's lap in the forest. Historically in art, most
unicorns are male
and shown
with virgin
women, but I wanted to show a mother's love
for her children. There are so many
legends about unicorns, most of them seem unrealistic to me. I always imagined
that unicorns had family, so in defiance
of the "so called virgin legend" I painted a mother and her foal.
This was kind of fun as I especially like to paint and draw horses. Getting the
golden horn and hooves correct gave me the most trouble.
