My vision as an artist is to give the viewer or collector a feel for the painting. I never sit down

and do a painting because I think it will be a "pretty painting". There is something that draws you

to do a painting, whether it's the look on the face of "Theodore" sitting on that old wooden bench

or the intricate work in the fabric of "Tuesday's Gift", where the Irises growon our porch at the

gallery. I want the viewer to feel some of the same emotions or passions that drew me to do the

painting.....although being known as a "photo-realist" artist, it's more than trying to make a painting

look real....it's making you feel like you are in the upstaris room at the Allen house with the

moonlight streaming through the window ("Moonstruck"), or just seeing Moses("The Veteran") as

I did for the first time sitting on his porch, knowing all the stories he could tell as a World War I

veteran..........Mariah sitting on the beach....I want you to hear the ocean waves breaking and feel

the warmth of the evening sun shining oh her hair.........I've always felt that the true beauty in a

painting is being able to capture the moment of a person, place or thing that you paint and bring

it to life so that when you look back on that moment you can still feel the adrenalin rush that you

had when first seeing it. Whether it takes a year to complete the painting or a month, it's important

that you have that same feeling throughout the start to finish of a painting. There is never a time

limit placed on a painting.....it's finished when it's fnished and not a moment before. I love detail

and feel as though it's a very important part of a painting to me....being able to show the light

flowing through the ruffles of the dress in "Waiting For Tomorrow" and feel the fabric and rusty

door knob.....that's what it's all about. The excitement you feel when you finish a painting is

knowing that you were able to capture that same feeling and excitement of that exact moment of

when you saw it for the first time. I want to be able to look back and feel the dust behind

Joshua Habaeggar plowing his fields or remember how cold it was the day I walked to Mr. Clinards

farm in "Ten Below". I hope I'm at least partly able to evoke some of the same feelings I had when

painting these scenes to the viewer or collector. My satisfaction is knowing that I have put every

ounce of energy that I have into doing a painting and bringing it to life and doing it in a way that

the viewer can be in my shoes at that very moment and experience what I felt when seeing a

painting for the first time. American Fine Art...it has no geographical boundries. My vision and hope

is that art lovers world wide will enjoy viewing my art as much as I have painting it.

                             H.R. LOVELL