Kanevsky Vs Kassan

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Capturing emotion in art any artwork is not an easy accomplishment to achieve. It does not have to do so much of how the art work is done, but how much empathy the artist has. Empathy lets the artist understand his or her subject’s feelings and share them through art. Artist David Jon Kassan is able to see and more importantly feel the array of emotions that resonate from his subjects. Like Kassan, Alex Kanevsky is able to depict a vast amount of emotions though his art. Although these two talented artists can successfully give their art life through emotion they do so from different perspectives. Let us take a venture though their artworks comparing and contrasting these exceptional artists. Beginning with Kassan’s painting “Hymn, Two Little

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