References:

Sebastiao Salgado (portraiture; the way he shoots black and white images; attention to detail; using digital manipulation to make blacks darker and whites lighter)

 

Henrik Uldalen (using paint to create and destroy portraits; use of color)

 

Dan Quintana (layering of textures, colors, and different images onto one another; color tones)

 

 

Art Historical Precedence/Contemporary Works:

Grant Wood – American Gothic (gives a humorous tone to portrait although painted traditionally; message is clear to the audience)

 

Sara Greenberger Rafferty – Gloves Off (use of collage techniques and layering; distorted and colorful final images)

 

Francis Picabia – Transparencies (so much layering; great use of color; has sort of graphic feel to it even though it’s all painted)

 

Sketches:

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Notes:

• using acrylic paint to distort faces, colorful
  • maybe use acrylic ink to distort the room, paint drips from the top

 

Samples:

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