Andy Curlowe

Andy Curlowe

Arturo Herrera

Hmmmm.

I'm trying to discover an artist who creates work that is already similar to what I do. So my work is simple, graphic and pattern-orientated. I also love doing still lifes but I haven't done a lot of those. Maybe I should try doing still lifes or stark portraits with like patterns over it or something like that. So I'm gonna look up some artists that do start still lifes/portraits and then artists that use patterns.


Claudio Bravo




Zurbaran, 1633


Luc Tuymans





And now for pattern oriented....



Chase Westfall







Michael Lin

More Matthew Ritchie

I just love how oozing and consuming these paintings are. They're like visual monsters and I LOVE that!

Another artist...

Okay I think it's time to bring in another artist. I've been intrigued by Matthew Ritchie's work - here are a few images of his stuff.

I'm pretty sure he uses systems, I'll have to look into that more. 

Colors

gold, dark gold  orange, brown goldish, dark gold greenish, red, white, light blue purple, dark red violet 

grey, bluish gray, brown blue grey, black 

red, brown, black, tan pink, brownish pinkish, light blue grey, purple brown blue grey, orange pink

orange pink, red, blue grey, orange yellow gold, grey brown, white, tan pink yellow

red pink, grey, brown grey, purple pink grey, blackish grey pink, grey

More quotes

These quotes from Shahzia are from the book Conversations with Traditions: Nilima Sheikh, Shahzia Sikander, authored by Vishakha N. Desai

"My interest lies in penetrating the space and dimension of a picture with that of time. The purpose being to destabilize. The initial question was how to extend the formal dialogue." 

"In a miniature, a slower more controlled pace is in operation. It is clearly a series of steps - step one leads to step two leads to step ten, allowing for the build-up of form, content, structure, and materials."

"My miniatures often have insertions of two 'time' planes. Intimacy can be understood as two picture planes, moving in a temporal bubble, held together with a tension one rarely achieves in miniature paintings. One plane is a meticulously painted surface created with a precision that is in keeping with the tradition, the other is its violation. The abstract, often gestural graffitilike marks deface the preciousness of the first layer thus shattering any coherent figure/ground relation. The experience is no longer meant to be confrontational. in this constructed relationship between a painting and a non-painting process, the focus is all about the intimacy between the two."