A well known example of American Realism is Andrew Wyeth. He has a certain "affection" for the objects and people which surround him. These Wyeth records with remarkable likeness, poetic charm, and a "powerful silence". These statements can be applied to both people and still life. I agree with David McCord in his statement in Andrew Wyeth, page 24, "to that powerful silence one must add enormous stillness." All of Wyeth's works emit that special poetic …showed first 75 words of 1497 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1497 total…it in junior high it has remained in my memory. Every time I look at it I remember my first impression and how it keeps changing as I learn more about both the painter and the subject. I believe Wyeth best described his work and reason for painting when he said "If somehow I can, before I leave this earth, combine my absolutely mad freedom and excitement with truth, then I will have done something."