Out of focus painting

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Have you ever wondered how people with specific eye errors see the world? Philip Barlow, a Cape Town-based artist, has created a series of oil paintings that vividly shows the struggle of those who have myopia or nearsightedness, the most common refractive eyesight error.

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Painting by philip barlow

Two People Walk into a Crowded Room. by Peter G Hall, via Flickr

When you first consider The Sea, a series by South African artist Philip Barlow – featured previously – you would think they were blurred photographs rather than oil paintings of beach life. Each...

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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.

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."