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The third and final painting made in collaboration with @amblinroad celebrating the seminal Steven Spielberg film E.T. The Extraterrestrial can be won by visiting the @amblinroad facebook page. Here are my thoughts on this final piece.
Last Contact

The final ending where the bikes fly a second time with ET’s renewed strength was such an inspiration to me as child. I remember yelling to my best friend at the theater “this is the greatest movie ever!” There are major visual symbols that I deciphered as an adult but I didn’t’ comprehend as an early teen. How the glowing energy of the sun reflects the brightness of ET’s healing finger. Elliott’s red hoodie mirrors ET’s glowing red heart. Elliot’s growth and independence portrayed in the final image of a young boy by himself facing the vastness of the universe that ET belongs to. #retoyman #et #ettheextraterrestrial #speilberg #stevenspeilberg #flyingbikes #cinema #sun #aliens #1982 #painting #acryliconpaper #acrylicpainting #minimalpalette #realism #artrealism

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@retoyman in partnership with @amblinroad. A celebration of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. My good friends at Amblinriad asked me to do a few painting a for giveaways to celebrate E.T. The title and thought behind the first is Connecting:

This moment is implied in the film but what the audience sees is Elliot waiting all night sleeping on the Chaise Lounges in front of the garden shed to catch the thing he saw the night before but that nobody believes is real. I wanted to paint the moment when Elliot and ET made the physical/emotional imprint that connects them from this moment until they disconnect after they escape the makeshift hospital/quarantine inside Elliot’s home. Through out the film light acts a visual representation of emotional exchange. It starts with the flash light beam revealing ET and culminates with light from ET’s heart and finger trying to heal Elliot’s sadness when he leaves. #ettheextraterrestrial #stevenspielberg #speilberg #painting #acryliconpaper #minimalpallet #realism #film #1982 #retoyman

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