When looking at the canvas, it is impossible to tell that Germanov’s painting career is only as old as a toddler. Germanov is one of the newer members of the Longmont Artists’ Guild, which has been in operation since 1957. Giving the painting an uncanny, dreamlike feel. The painting looks like it could have been plucked right out of the Hudson River School, except for one major detail: Massively tall, futuresque columns plunge out of the serene valley, His winning piece depicts a surreal, incredibly detailed landscape with sprawling mountains and a tiny European-esque village. “I honestly started by watching Bob Ross videos, and just wanted to see if I would be any good at painting,” said Germanov, of his humble beginnings.įast-forward to March 2023, where one of Germanov’s landscapes, titled “Load Bearing Columns,” was chosen as the first-place winner of the Longmont Artists’ Guild’s Spring Member Art Show and Sale. The Longmont Artists’ Guild Spring Show is up now at Longmont’s Great Frame Up through May 6. The 30 year old first began to dabble in painting around the same time as the COVID-19 lockdown, just as a side hobby to pass the time. Three years ago, Longmont-based artist Emmanuel Germanov didn’t know how to paint.
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