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CHARLES gILLIAM | UsA
www.bartales.com
In addition to being the creator of BarTales (Phoenix, Arizona) Area, is trademarked by Charles gilliam. “BarTales” is a federal trademark.
Charles gilliam is also an award winning veteran of dozens of national Specialties:what Is Dipsomanic Realism? A post modern, late 20th/
and international shows and gallery exhibitions. widely regarded as early 21st century, representational art style built upon two concepts.
the father of Dipsomanic Realism, Charles gilliam’s inspiration is drawn Dipsomania; is a historical term that was used in 19th century clinical
from the subject matter he knows best: “when it comes to bars, booze, psychiatry to describe a sudden irresistible need to drink alcohol
and good times I use paint and canvas to tell stories about what I’ve (especially in bars). Realism; with BarTales art the viewer always
always had a lot of fun doing.” Simply put, BarTales is about the telling recognizes what they are looking at; viewer-friendly paintings of bar
of bar related tales in a visually realistic style. “Dipsomanic Realism” and alcohol related genre scenes.
| The inner TUBe, 2005 oil on pAnel 30x24 in. | 76x61 Cm.
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