One of my topics was the city so I chose the artist Brian Simons from Vancouver Island, Canada. I had never heard of him until now, but really like his art. One of his main subjects is painting the city. He features a wide range of colors and value. I particularly liked his style of painting- it appears blurry because of the bustle of the city, but when you step back it looks different. Brian also shows many lights and reflections off of cars and buildings well. He definitely uses the city theme to his advantage by making his works so detailed, so when you look at his work you almost feel like you are actually there. I can use inspiration from his style and how he uses his brush strokes for my concentration pieces next trimester. He uses mostly acrylics and oil paints, but sometimes a combination of many medias. This is how he achieves a great value difference in his work. I probably won't be using oil paints in my work because I personally don't like using them as much as acrylics.
These pieces are great and I agree I think they definitely make you feel like you are there and I think that adding this as a piece of inspiration would add a very cool new aspect to your art H-dawg.
ReplyDeleteThose are very good, it does look a lot like you're there in a way. The colorfulness is definitely a style that you like to use, so I see why you chose him.
ReplyDeletehmmmmmmmmphhh... why doesnt paintings look like that for me! well duh, because this guy is AWESOME, and me not so much... but back to the point, the 1st one brings thoughts of Ellsworth's main street during the winter, almost deja vu, and the 2nd one reminds me of Alex's lit up street colored pencil drawing he did. these pieces are just so expressive the you cant help but cower in them...
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