About
PAINTINGS IN REALISM
"My inspiration comes from Beauty highlighted through light , dark color and tonal value changes and my desire to realistically express that beauty in a painting.
The focus of everything whole, is made
up of many tiny abstract parts.
Many small abstract pieces on the small
scale combine to produce one sharp
focused realistic single piece, as a whole.
"His version of Old Master's Painting
Based on Vermeer's,
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
Exhibited @“Masters’ Copycat Juried
Hammond Arts Council, 2016
Ralph's self taught style of realism starts with
isolating small scale grids of the image
source, then and analyzing the smallest
details of their abstract parts.
Each square grid of information is unique in
it's color transition, tonal values, hues and form.
To create a sharp clear image as a realistic
painting, Ralph zooms- in to those small
grids to interpret the information, then strives
to accurately and clearly represent each small
section onto canvas , with tiny thin brush strokes.
The more accurate the analysis and transference,
the sharper and more realistic is the finished product.
Through the process, those detailed parts combine
to become the large scale completed painting
on canvas.
In this way Ralph pulls beauty from the abstract
detail and brings into clear sharp focus as a
complete realistic painting on canvas.
Various grid sizes and brush strokes are often
employed as a different approach while
painting painting the Figure /Portraits or
Land/Seascapes.
The differences in style in those painting might be
obvious to the viewer of those paintings.
Ralph Songy
Self taught Realist Artist
Painting in the genre' of Realism
lives and works in Metro New Orleans, La.
The question of how paintings are made
to look "real", led to to years of study in
the processes of realism painting style
and technique.
The answer was found in long observations
of paintings and photos on the macro level
and visual take-aways" each time, along
with the graceful help of intuitive color -mix
and brush strokes ,
Ralph paints on different levels in realism.
Still Life, and Land/Sea/Sky and Beachscapes,
He considers requests to be commissioned
for paintings of Portraits, and subjects
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Ralph Songy
Lives and works in
Metro New Orleans, La.
Self taught
Fine Art Realist Painter
EXHIBITIONS/
REPRESENTATION
2019 - CURRENT
New Orleans, La
Gallery 600 Julia
600 Julia St
New Orleans Arts District
2017 - 2018
New Orleans, La
Ariodante Gallery Julia St
New Orleans Arts District
2016
Hammond Arts Council
Hammond, La
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" , 2016
Hammond Arts Council,
“Masters’ Copycat Juried Exhibit”
Based on the original oil painting
"Girl with a Pearl Earring"
by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
24 x 18, Acrylic on canvas
Painting was exhibited and it's image was
selected for use in Hammond Art Council's
print promotional material, for the Copy Cat
Exhibit event
2015
New Orleans, LA
Bouffant (Magazine St Art Space)
COMMISSIONS
New Orleans Street Tile"Tchoupitoulas Street"
House Portrait "Evergreen Plantation"
Portraiture, "Melayao"
Portraiture "Muff"
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Still Life, "Tchoupitoulas Street" - Cocktail Painting
Still Life, ""Backlit" - Cocktail Painting
Still Life, " Two Olives" Martini Painting
Still Life, "Cork WIne Painting""
Still Life, "Lecrema Wine Painting"
Landscape, " New Orleans skyline"
Figurative, " New Orleans Sax Player"
Figurative " Fisherman"
Still Life, " New Orleans Street Car"
(gifted, b.r.arts council)"
HONORS AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Special Recognition
Animals Art Exhibition
Light Space Time Gallery, 2018.
"Angel" Pet Portrait
Hammond Arts Council
Hammond, La
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" , 2016
Hammond Arts Council,
“Masters’ Copycat Juried Exhibit”
24 x 18, Acrylic on canvas
My painting image exhibited was selected
for use in Hammond Art Council's print
and on- line material, promoting
the Copy Cat Exhibit event