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Rational Argumentator
Rand Reimagined
NOTE: Left-click on the image to see a larger version of the artwork.
The Rational Argumentator is pleased to feature another work from Wendy Stolyarov, whose art works exhibit a remarkable originality, skill, and stylistic variety.
Comments by the artist: “Poor Ayn Rand! Unfortunately mannish in appearance, the reader can infer from her descriptions of Dagny Taggart and Dominique Francon that she wished for something better. So I’ve reimagined her into someone she might have liked better.
Acrylic on top of gouache on canvas panel. I actually had a difficult time trying to get the gouache to adhere to the primed panel — so eventually I just painted over the entire thing with acrylic. I had to scrape off much of the gouache and start fresh, but hey! Lesson learned. I’ll stick to more absorbent media for gouache from now on. Original is 8″ x 10″. I used this stock photograph from LoriVintage55Stock as a reference.”
Wendy D. Stolyarov is an accomplished writer, thinker, artist, and graphic designer, who brings her immense talent and capacity for innovation to The Rational Argumentator and the wider movement for the advancement of Reason, Rights, and Progress. Mrs. Stolyarov uses computer technology masterfully to produce precise, realistic, life-affirming art. She has also contributed multiple essays to TRA and designed many of the magazine’s newer logos, including its banner and the New Renaissance top hat. Mrs. Stolyarov is married to G. Stolyarov II, the Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator and The Progress of Liberty.
E-mail Mrs. Stolyarov to order prints of her art.
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Learn about Mr. Stolyarov's novel, Eden against the Colossus, here.Read Mr. Stolyarov's comprehensive treatise, A Rational Cosmology, explicating such terms as the universe, matter, space, time, sound, light, life, consciousness, and volition, here.