Posts Tagged ‘shadows’
7 a.m.
George Shaw paints scenes from Tile Hill in Coventry, England, where he grew up. Even of quiet subject matter, they are unsettling somehow. Perhaps it is in the silence of the places that make them so. (Where IS everyone?) His work appeals to me because they are both mundane and utterly intriguing at the same […]
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Tags: art, contemporary art, England, fence, houses, landscape, leaves, oil, outside, painting, phone booth, shadows, shaw
painted narratives
I’m enthralled with these narrative paintings by Jerome Witkin. I love how full of content the images are. There’s soo much going on in each painting, and they’re so impeccably executed. The reflections, the way light hits the subjects, the intense presentation of details…there’s so much to appreciate I’m going to politely refrain from typing […]
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Tags: art, art historical reference, color, figurative, jerome witkin, light, narrative, painting, portrait, shadows
mille fleurs
Victoria Selbach paints nude women, with a strong interest in the play of light and dark that falls onto the body. (This is perhaps most evident in the fourth image.) I love how deeply individual the women are portrayed. Light sources are clear in each composition, and the fall of light onto the figures is […]
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Tags: art, contemporary art, dark, doorways, figure, flesh, girls, light, nude, painting, shadows, women
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