Photorealism

in Bridgehampton, New York. His first wife was Leslie Rose with whom he has two daughters. They finally divorced in 2011 and is now married to artist Sienna Shields. Most of his early works are very large portraits based on photographs (By the Photorealism or Hyperrealism technique) of his family and friends and sometimes other artists. He suggested that his psychological condition is what inspired him to create artwork. Close suffers from Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness) which is a condition…

Chuck Close “Art saved my life.” This quote is from Chuck Close, a famous artist who paints photorealism, a type of art genre where an artist attempts to reproduce images as realistically as possible, and is of whom this essay is about. Now, I’m not writing about Close because he is dead, oh no, he is very much alive at the age of 76 years. No, the real reason I’m writing about him is that he is an amazing artist and overcome many this and that it was he who was picked by my teacher for the…

welcome on the collaboration. Once the sketch was completed, all they needed for the final project were the right colors to represent the beauty of Salinas. Cortes explained, “It was exciting to see abstract art, surrealism, conceptual art, and photorealism all collaged into a minimalist setting. We included only what was necessary while attempting something brand new for all of us.” After showing me a picture of the finished painting, I was impressed to see that the panoramic background view…

person is generally happy and full of life. What they paint though is the greatest way that they can express themselves. With an infinite amount of things to paint, each artist can clearly show who they are; whether it is through an abstract style, photorealism, or surrealism. Each little twist that the artist adds to his piece allows them to express themselves even…

Close emerged from the 1970s painting movement of photorealism, but later moved on from its initially hyper-attentive rendering of a given subject. He went on to explore how methodical, system-driven portrait painting, based on photography's underlying processes, which could suggest a wide range of artistic…

“I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won’t be able to give much information about who it is.”-Chuck Close. Chuck Close is a 77 year old artist, who is known for making realistic portraits of human faces using a grid technique. Most of the portraits he has created are non-life size. His “Big Self Portrait” piece, unframed, is 107-½ × 83-½ × 2. He has been through…

the world, cry to my mother, or slap a total stranger in the face. I want to be able to convey emotions that I did not know I had. I also, feel like that art should show a certain talent that most people do not possess, like Chuck Close and his photorealism, that there takes some real talent. Another thing art must do is have meaning. Art must have reason to why even create it, either to tell a story, to stand up for something, or to just simply change up the art “game”. Not having meaning to…

Graffiti is Art What do you consider art? Someone sitting in front of a canvas with a paint brush painting whatever they imagine. Why don’t you consider graffiti as art when it is the same thing, except that the streets are your canvas and a can of spray paint is your paint brush? Graffiti should definitely be art because there are graffiti museums that sell pieces of graffiti for substantial amounts of money. Graffiti artists put just as much time and effort as a regular artist, and it can be…

The artist I used for inspiration for my reflective identity is Gary L. Gordon. Gordon was born in Northern California in 1950, but when he was eight years old his family moved to Germany. While in Germany Gordon was surrounded by a network of artists so from a young age he was able to draw, design, and visualize from an artistic perspective. As he grew up he was continuously encouraged to be creative by the artistic community surrounding him, because of this his drawing skills and watercolor…

René Magritte is a surrealist artist who has produced a reputation for his “clever and intriguing imagery” using basic designs and ordinary symbolism. Maybe viewers for the most part got caught by his The Son of Man painting, but may not know the painter by name. Rather would recognize the iconic painting and the repetitive topic and theme in another depiction by this artist. There's considerably more to know about Magritte and how the painting fits into his works as a whole. René François…