Don Eddy (American, 1944-)
acrylic on canvas
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Don Eddy is often referred to as photorealistic painter, inspired by photography for interpretation of images from real life. Naturally, the works of such painter often does not render the photo-reality of the world, but the distinction is not noticeable from the first sight. As in Don Eddy’s famous work New Shoes for H, which shows the window of the shoe store pretty realistically, but a human eye as well as photo camera cannot focus on the shoes, the reflection in the window and on the background at the same time, however, it is possible ...
