Jack Bishop / Cows

Price

$ 2750

Descriptions

Rendered in his earlier pixelated, blocky technique, this painting by Jack Bishop captures a surreal and nostalgic landscape that reinterprets the digital origins of a now-familiar image. Inspired by an early Microsoft screen background, the work balances whimsy with cultural commentary—blurring the boundaries between natural scenery, digital memory, and narrative invention.

 

Description

Rendered in his earlier pixelated, blocky technique, this painting by Jack Bishop captures a surreal and nostalgic landscape that reinterprets the digital origins of a now-familiar image. Inspired by an early Microsoft screen background, the work balances whimsy with cultural commentary—blurring the boundaries between natural scenery, digital memory, and narrative invention.

Cows stand semi-abstracted atop a grassy hill, stylized into jagged, polygonal forms reminiscent of early 3D graphics. A bold bicycle road sign is inexplicably tethered to one of them by a chain, suggesting both absurdity and subtle metaphor. To the right, a lone cyclist hunches into motion—rendered in a similar aesthetic language, as if gliding through a simulated world. The entire scene is bathed in a sky of bright digital blues and oranges, constructed from patchwork strokes that mimic pixelation or compression artifacts.

This work marks a distinctive moment in Bishop’s artistic evolution—before his transition into moody interiors and psychological realism. Yet even here, his enduring themes are present: the tension between reality and simulation, the odd familiarity of landscapes half-remembered, and the gentle surrealism of the everyday. There’s a tonal kinship with David Hockney’s digital iPad studies, filtered through the humor and formal clarity of Alex Colville’s East Coast narrative minimalism, with a nod to early video game aesthetics.

The result is quietly funny, gently unsettling, and visually magnetic—a contemporary pastoral that feels equal parts computer memory and roadside daydream.

Condition: Excellent, framed.

All Dimensions In Inches

Vertical
30
Horizontal
40

 

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