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Patrick Kramer  Springville, UT

'Gravity'
Oil on Canvas
'The Courtship'
Oil on board

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About Patrick


Patrick Kramer was born in Kaysville, Utah, the youngest child of German immigrants. A perfectionist by nature, art was an outlet for his obsessive personality, allowing him to focus on getting things “just right”. Taking art classes throughout high school, he was encouraged by his teachers, and eventually decided to study art at Brigham Young University.

There he continued to focus on realism, improving his technical skills and craftsmanship. Becoming more and more detailed, his work began to rival that of the photograph.

Patrick explains the work by saying, “I came to realize that the appeal of representational painting since the advent of photography is due in a large part to the painting process. Although the image itself may come to resemble an ordinary photograph, a psychological intensity can be felt in the handmade work, as the artist’s laboriously slow method, intense concentration, and myriad of artistic decisions lie behind the creation of the image. In my work, I hope the viewer senses this tension between photography and the handmade — the instantaneous and the prolonged, the ubiquitous and the unique, the impartial and the personal.”


Patrick appears in the following Top 10 lists


'Hyperreal'

'Utah'

'2014'


5 reactions displayed


"Richard Barone, perhaps you are judging through too specific a filter? The work obviously fails to meet your criteria of "art-centered" work, but in what way is "artist-centered" work illegitimate? After all, the very process of painting, even under your criteria, suggests something more personal... something more artist centered."




"Before posting your rating...visit the website. If you're not already at a 5 ... the images there will certainly elevate your vote. Check out the images on the "Recent" page. Goodness gracious, this guy can paint."

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