Paintings by David Ligare
David Ligare is an American contemporary realist painter. Contemporary Realism is an approach that uses straightforward representation but is different from photorealism in that it does not exaggerate and is non-ironic in nature.
“I think that I’m very Californian in the character of the light that I use, but I made a decision very early on in my project to try to be an invisible presence in my work. Personal expression and having a personal style are very important to many artists but I’ve been much more interested in how we see – what I call perceptual analysis – and the potential meanings of the objects that I’ve depicted.” – David Ligare