Art Chowder January | February 2018, Issue 13 | Page 20

S
hort also has a piece curated at a railroad
art museum in Wisconsin. “Trains are a
soulful experience for me.” He even jokes
that “every few months a train painting is
expected” from him.
As a contemporary realist painter, Short
belongs to a photo cooperative in which
photographers donate pictures to artists
to inspire landscapes. Short uses up to
eight photos for each painting and decides
how to alter the images. “I move trees,
mountains, and skies,” while maintaining an
unembellished depiction of nature.
Though the 20 th century promoted abstract
art, realism has noticed a recent resurgence
in the art world. Curators and customers are
drawn to works so accurately depicted that
they closely resemble the observed world.
True to his trade, Short’s detail brings his
paintings to life.
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