Hyper Realistic Paintings - Sculptures From the Street

3D representations of items we discard every day.
Artist Tom Pfannerstill collects and then replicates these discarded shells, that play such a vital role in our lives.  These likenesses are achieved with the use of acrylic and/or enamel paint on carved basswood.  Packaging has a dual aspect, it's fantastic at getting a product to the consumer but, it also creates a lot of damage to the environment, once it is disposed of in nature.  More a and more countries are taking responsibility of this fact, to varying degrees, recycling the parts instead of adding to the overflowing landfills. Packaging is a colossus that has to be tamed and work for us and the environment, which are one and the same thing.

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Gasoline.
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Household Oil 3 in One.
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Tide.
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Big Red.
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Budweiser Can.
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Case of Blue Ribbon.
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Camel Lights.
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Coca-Cola.
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KFC.
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Starbucks.
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Animal Crackers.
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Cracker Jack.
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UofL Baseball.
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