2004.03.27
Tim Wistrom
Tim Wistrom is a Seattle-based artist who paints surreal, striking images, many of which depict an alternate reality where nature has reclaimed the cities of the world. His art is sometimes whimsical, sometimes eerie, and often both. Favorites include polar bears walking the ice outside of Safeco Field (“Bear Necessities”); ocean engulfing the Capitol Records building in front of the Hollywood sign (can’t find this one online); and a memorable, elegaic image painted just after the 9/11 attacks (“Liberty Awake”).
You can see more at Wistrom’s gallery, which doesn’t actually show the image I liked best (“Rust in Peace,” an evocative painting whose numbered prints were going for $350+, way out of my price range).
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\n\"Extreme,\" by Tim Wistrom\n