Landscapes - Realism and Surrealism

 Artist statement:  For all of these pieces, I focused a lot on color: the two realist pieces have bright, lush colors while the surrealist pieces have colors that are relatively dull yet unexpected.  I had no real objective in mind.  I struggled a little with the surrealist pieces as I am not a big fan of surrealism, but I tried my best.  I mostly used the clone brush and eraser tool in these pieces and used a lot of layering.  Overall, I am not too happy with the results - they aren't overly believable - but I had fun doing them.