Some aver that Seward Johnson’s lifelike outdoor bronzes are kitsch. Others denigrate them for his use of modeling software like Maya, the technology speeding the production cycle.

Seated couple at 6th and Lincoln, Carmel, CA. G3, 9-18mm Oly @ 15mm, 1/400 f/5.6, ISO320.

You can make your own mind up, though I confess I tend to find them never less than amusing and, on occasion, as above, surprisingly poignant. They are Americana in much the same way that Norman Rockwell’s work is, and Rockwell’s oeuvre has much the same accusations leveled at it.

Seward Johnson’s entry in Wikipedia makes for interesting reading.