Antique Toy Shop Framed Original Painting

by Leah Kiser

$14,700.00

1 in stock

Dimensions: 48 x 36 inches with half inch floater frame, overall dimensions with frame is about 49 x 37

Medium: Oil on Gallery Wrapped Canvas

Ships From: Casa Grande, Arizona

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    Leah Kiser

    Leah Kiser

    Oil

    Casa Grande, AZ, US


    This is a collection of large scale playful illustrations painted in a realistic style. I feel like I should say something profound or serious here, but the pieces do not have a collective message or agenda. I didn't paint them to be profound and serious. I made these paintings because they bring me joy and I hope to bring good feelings to others through them. At this time, I cannot seem to get excited to paint subjects that don't make me laugh, and I'm thankful to have found an audience that enjoys them enough to hang them on their walls. ​ To prepare for these paintings, (in addition to practicing for years to gain the skill to paint realistically) I let my mind wander and let images come to me. When these images make me laugh out loud or make me think “I’ve never seen anything like that before” then there is a good chance they will strike others in a "I don't know why this exists, but I'm glad that it does" kind of way. I like when art catches me off guard like that - Like a dance choreographed by Paul Taylor, or a Monty Python skit... others seem to enjoy it too - watching viewers do a double take and laugh out loud is one of my favorite things about painting this way. ​ I began painting with this balance of realism and illustration because I couldn't decide between the two. The things I love about illustration are the styles and colors and the smart compositional tricks illustrators use to guide the eye and convey a mood or story without words. I like trying them out in my paintings. But details also call to me. I use photographs or objects as visual references, and they help me capture perspective, lighting, and form, while trying to maintain the life and spark of the original imagined idea. It is a challenging balance between observing and imagining. This spectrum between realism and illustration leads to variability and experimentation in my work. It adds another dimension of play that you'll likely see more of from me in the future.

Description

This one of a kind original painting was completed in 2021, it is loved by many who’ve followed its creation on facebook and instagram or have viewed it at the various art shows I’ve taken it to in Arizona and California.  There are no full sized duplicates of this painting on canvas.  I do not sell full sized prints and I do not sell prints on canvas.  I do not paint duplicate original paintings or paint embellishments on prints.  There is not another painting like this one in the world!

The painting is 48 inches tall by 36 inches wide on gallery wrapped canvas.  It was featured in the first ever issue of “Art Seen Magazine” an international magazine from The Curator’s Salon. It comes with a removable half inch black floater frame.   The painting comes with the story about the painting.  There is a signature on the front of the painting, the piece is also signed on the back with the name of the painting, date of completion, and a stamp of my actual finger print.

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The Story Behind This Painting:

This painting is first and foremost a fun idea that I really wanted to put out into the world. It evolved into a funny tribute to fathers. You see all kinds of paintings with mothers holding and nurturing children, but dads often help us out of our comfort zone with their own parenting style. It made me think of the fun times I had with my dad growing up where he startled me and my mom would get upset with him, and the way my husband plays a little more rough with our kids than I do.

The idea began like many of my paintings do – with a particular animal – I wanted to do a fun painting of a shark, but I didn’t have any ideas that got me really excited until this popped into my head. I was working with my sketch book and had made a list of playful items, one of them being a jack in the box. Then the idea popped into my mind and it made me laugh out loud. Viewers often mention that it reminds them of the Saturday Night Live “Land Shark” skit.  That might have been a subconscious idea going on in the background of my mind when I had this idea. Laughter is one of things that really inspires me to paint.

This painting is one of five paintings included in the “Just For Fun” Show – A collection of paintings done in an imaginative realist style.  It was my first virtual art show. The show includes a video that you can find on youtube.  It was painted during the COVID 19 pandemic as part of a show that was supposed to held at a Gallery in Phoenix. When the show was canceled due to Covid I decided to show the series on my own online.

~Leah Kiser

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