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Water-Soaked Sceneries

Elizabeth Patterson Creates Surreal Rainy Day Paintings in Rainscapes

— June 18, 2013 — Art & Design
Drawing inspiration from the glistening gleam of rain droplets as they streak across windows, blurring your vision of the world as they go, artist Elizabeth Patterson gets viewers to see their surroundings through the filter of water in her series entitled Rainscapes.

She expertly captures different scenarios where rain and water blur the lines between reality and imagination, turning normal scenery into surreal situations where details fade into the background. Some of the images portray driving through the rain, others show the gloomy weather through a rain-soaked window and some focus on just the water droplets as they land in intricate formations upon panes of glass.

Because of the artist's impeccable talents, it is next to impossible to differentiate the paintings done by Elizabeth Patterson in Rainscapes from actual photographs.
Trend Themes
1. Surreal Rainy Day Art - There is a disruptive innovation opportunity to create an augmented reality (AR) app that allows users to experience Patterson's Rainscapes paintings as if they were real rain-soaked sceneries.
2. Blurring Reality with Water - There is a disruptive innovation opportunity for camera and smartphone manufacturers to develop advanced lens technology that mimics the effect of rain droplets streaking across windows, providing users with a unique and immersive photography experience.
3. Reinventing Landscape Paintings - There is a disruptive innovation opportunity for artists and galleries to explore incorporating water and rain effects into traditional landscape paintings, creating captivating and thought-provoking artworks.
Industry Implications
1. Art and Design - The art and design industry can leverage the Rainscapes series to inspire new techniques and approaches to incorporating water and rain effects in various artistic mediums.
2. Augmented Reality (AR) Technology - The AR technology industry can capitalize on the Rainscapes series by developing AR applications that allow users to interact with and explore virtual rain-soaked sceneries created by Elizabeth Patterson.
3. Camera and Smartphone Manufacturing - Camera and smartphone manufacturers have an opportunity to innovate by incorporating lens technology that mimics the effect of rain droplets, enabling users to capture unique and atmospheric photographs.
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