Andrew Wyeth

A well known example of American Realism is Andrew Wyeth. He has a certain "affection" for the objects and people which surround him. These Wyeth records with remarkable likeness, poetic charm, and a "powerful silence". These statements can be applied to both people and still life. I agree with David McCord in his statement in Andrew Wyeth, page 24, "to that powerful silence one must add enormous stillness." All of Wyeth's works emit that special poetic …

…it in junior high it has remained in my memory. Every time I look at it I remember my first impression and how it keeps changing as I learn more about both the painter and the subject. I believe Wyeth best described his work and reason for painting when he said "If somehow I can, before I leave this earth, combine my absolutely mad freedom and excitement with truth, then I will have done something."