Out of focus painting

A self-taught artist, Stephen Magsig grew up and now resides in Michigan. He’s been painting city scenes from Detroit for over 25 years, and in the summer of 2007 he started his own blog called Postcards from Detroit to showcase his urban landscapes.

Cape Town-based artist Philip Barlow paints abstracted depictions of the cityscapes at night, blurring the focus of street lamps and headlights the way our eyes or a photographer’s lens might when adjusting to a city’s bright, multi-colored lights. In this way, Barlow paints from perception rather than reality, showcasing the beautiful ways we process our daily surroundings. In the foreground, the paintings feature overlapping orbs of white, red, and blue light, which obscure blurred…

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"Blurry can be beautiful."

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cape town-based artist philip barlow's blurry oil paintings capture scenes in which figures and objects are seen solely for their interaction with light.

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cape town-based artist philip barlow's blurry oil paintings capture scenes in which figures and objects are seen solely for their interaction with light.