Gerhard Richter 

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Gerhard Richter is a German visual artist. Richter produces abstract, photorealistic paintings as well as glass pieces.

Abstract Painting (726) 1990, is part of the collection Abstraktes Build and is built up of two canvases. Both measuring at 2510 x 3510 x 38mm. The piece is oils on canvas and I have chosen this specific work as I believe it has similarities to my own. As I have been experimenting with acrylic paint I have created a few paintings in a similar way as Richter has, layering the paints to create a blurred image. I have also chosen another of Richter work, given the name 22.1.2000 [Florence] 2000. measuring at 12cm x 12cm, the piece is oil on coloured photograph. I have chosen his one as I love how Richter has added the paint freely spreading it over only half of the image, pushing the image of the building to the background yet emphasising them also. I particularly like the colours which have been used in both, daily being red, white, green and orange. 

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             Abstract Painting (726) 1990                                                                 22.1.2000 [Florence] 2000

 

Curtis Verdun

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Curtis Verdun is an abstract and portrait artist. living in the South Louisiana, Verdun's work is influenced by the rich culture and amazing landscapes around him. I admire Verdun work as it is built up of texture and colour, he has chosen to use a painting knife to build up the crisp texture that he is looking for in his paintings, this links with my work as I have been using a similar technique. I have been aiming to see how much texture I can produce adding paint and Polly Filler using my pallet knife. I approve of the colours Verdun uses within his abstract paintings as they also link in with my use of colour in my work at the moment, as I am working with bricks and stone walls. The style of the work also has a similarity to mine as he has created a natural look, in a way it almost looks although the work has been a result of natural cause. 

 

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                      Dance of the Harlequin 2004                                       Decent 2004

                      Oil on canvas, 20" x 16"                                                   Oil on canvas, 16" x 12"

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John Piper 

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John Piper was a English painter , printmaker and designer. His work mainly focused on British landscape, such as churches and monuments. Pipers work included screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. I have chosen to look at pipers work based on his work with churches, linking in with my work as I am interested n the structure and architecture of the buildings. Turning away from abstraction in his early career, Piper concentrated on making his work more naturalistic but yet still distinctive. Being an artist during World War II he was influenced greatly by the churches that were damaged by the bombs. The piece 'St Mary Le Port, Bristol' 1940 was one of the series of bombed buildings he painted when visiting the sites to make sketches and take photographs. St Mary Le Port was hit in the attack on Bristol Docs in November 1940. 

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                            St Mary Le Port, Bristol                                      Flintham 1977

                            Oil and graphite on canvas on wood                 screen print on paper

                            762 x 635 mm                                                         534 x 700 mm

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Frederic Kohli

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Frederick Kohli is an American landscape painter. Kohli is WWII veteran who's early work includes paintings of a range of places such as lighthouse seascapes, to landscapes of mountains, lakes, beaches, deserts and historical buildings. His most recent works involves pen and pencil drawings of historic buildings, memorials, cathedrals, state capitol buildings, famous college and university buildings, and lighthouses. Focusing upon capturing the beauty of spectacular scenic locations, the style of Kohli's work is what captures my eye. I have chosen two pieces of his work that I believe have a similar style to the drawings that I am producing at the moment. Not only do the drawings have similarities to mine as they are built up of shapes and lines, but the use of minimal colour. I hope that the use of colour in my work is as affective as it is in Kohli's work. 

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                   Florence Cathedral, 2013                                                                    St Pauls Cathedral, 2013

                      Pen and pencil on Bristol board                                                         Pen and pencil on Bristol board 

                   14.000 x 11.000 inches                                                                        11.000 x 14.000 inches

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Robert Soden

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Robert Soden is a established landscape painter. His work is is based around architecture and urban life, which began when he lived and worked in Rome in the early 1980's. Over the last 20 years Soden has recorded the changes to the City of Sunderland as it has undergone substantial redevelopment. Creating all of his work outdoors in front of the object/scenes has given Soden's paintings a realistic feel as though they are realism of the lived experience, focusing upon the human element of architecture, creating an image of how people carry out their everyday lives. I have chosen to look at Soden's work because his work looks into architecture and I am impressed with the use of colour within his paintings, although I am not using a lot in my work at this time, I wanted to add Soden to my blog as in the future I would like to be able to create work using a similar method of painting. One of the pieces I have selected is part of a collection called My Sunderland - part 1, 2006, the other is from the collection Sunderland Transformed, 2004. 

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    Total, 2006                                                                                       Early Morning, River Wear, 1994

     watercolour, gouache and acrylic on Somerset paper             watercolour, gouache and acrylic on Arches paper

     70 x 100 cm                                                                                      102 x 105 cm

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Charles Sheeler 

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Chales Sheeler was an American painter and a commercial photographer. Known for being one of the master photographers of the 20th century and the founder of American modernism, developing a style of painting known as precisionism. Sheeler used both painting and photography in his work to capture ye function, abstraction, and human element of he American industrial and urban age. Capturing the beauty of the functional design of skyscrapers, bars, and factories, he also inherited the geometric abstraction of these structures. I admire Sheeler's work as he uses a number of different stlye's, by this I mean not all of his paintings look the same. Some look very detailed, yet still focus on shape, as other's focus completely on geometrical shapes. Personally I believe his paintings that have the least detail are his most effective, the piece New York No. 1, 1950, is made up of cube-like shapes which then creates an image of skyscrapers in New York City. The piece is simple yet capture, line, shape and lighting. In comparison to the piece Portrait of Newton House, 1932, which shows a house and its surroundings which has been built up of shapes, yet there has been great detail added to parts of the painting such as the tree, roof, and chimney. 

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    New York No. 1, 1950                                                                             Portrait of Newton House, 1932

    oil on canvas                                                                                              oil on gesso board 

    13 x 20 inches                                                                                            4 x 5 inches

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Brendan Neiland

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Brendan Neiland is a British artist best known for his paintings and prints of reflections in modern city buildings and his interpretation's of city life. His use of light and pictorial structure, using a spray-gun technique that he developed at the Royal College of Arts, has linked Neiland to the works of Georges Braque and Johannes Vermeer. Neilands work is exhibited in a number of galleries and museums around the world, and in Britain, such as The Tate Gallery London and he Arts Council of Great Britain. Neiland glazes his images with a rich sheen that captures the reflective characteristics, I have chose to look into his work as I am focusing on lines in my work.  I am fascinated in the use of line in his reflective work, although he is trying to capture the reflection within the windows of the buildings I believe he is then recreating the building and making it almost represent something else. In his piece Corner Stone, 2006, I see a window that reflects another buildings windows, but I also see ropes, brick poles, and I just focus upon the uneven lines that Neiland has used within the solid grey lines. I like the idea of creating a pice of art that could be representing a number of things, depending on how the viewer looks at it. 

 

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                               Corner Stone, 2006                                                    Lloyds, 1986

                                    silkscreen print,                                                           screen print on paper,

                                    76.0cm x 101.0 cm                                                      763 x 509 mm

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Lucy Jones 

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Lucy Jones is a British painter, she is based in Edinburgh and works with mixed media. Sticking, cutting and painting, to re-create Georgian Architecture surroundings. I have chosen to look at Jone's work as I love they way in which she works, looking into the shape and architecture of the buildings and re-creating the image in an abstract style. Using a mixture of materials such as collage, paint, print making, drawing and hot wax, to reconstruct Edinburgh's architectural features. Jones is a collector of old maps and books, which is what she uses to collage, with the use of relevant texts and images. Creating her unique building portraits. Looking at the pieces Blue Dome Charlotte Square, 2017 and, Railings West End, 2017, I love the way that Jones incorporates mixed media into her work, both pieces being very similar, with the use of similar style and colours. I believe that her work has similarities to my work with the architectural, 'messy' sketching, I also think that the amount of colour that she has used in both pieces has been thought about greatly. The blue that has been added  has been made the main colour contrasting with the light cream colour's, and then the sharp black lines that have been added over the top, create a sense of order, shape and certainty about the figure of the building and railings. 

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  Railing West end, 2017                                                                    Blue Dome Charlotte Square, 2017

  mixed media,                                                                                      mixed media, 

  1200 x 857 inches                                                                              1200 x 830 inches

 

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Claude Monet  (cathedral series)  

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Claude Monet was a impressionist painting, he was one of a group of people that introduced the style of painting called "impressionism". His work and style of painting was dubbed by a crit as "impression" as it was more concerned about the light and form than realism, since then the term has stuck. Monet's work can be seen in museums around the world, in the early 1890's he rented a room over the road from Rouen Cathedral, in northwestern France, he then painted a series of works focusing on the structure of the building. The paintings showed the building in morning light, midday, grey weather and others, this lead to Monet becoming deeply fascinated in the effects of light. Although the style of painting is a lot different to mine, we are similar in that i am wanting to show the beauty of light within my own work. Looking at the works Rouen Cathedral in Full Sunlight - Harmony in Blue and Gold, 1894 and The Portal (sunlight), 1894, I am impressed that Monet has created two piece that look as identical as they do, I also like how he has created a series of these painting using the same style of painting yet has been able to represent the building in different ways through the colours that he has used. As i am focusing on buildings I want to be able to use a building and create a number of drawings/ paintings, using the same technique, but focusing on light and shape. 

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   Rouen Cathedral in Full Sunlight - Harmony in Blue and Gold,             The Portal (sunlight), 1894

   1894, oil on canvas,                                                                                             oil on canvas,

   42 x 29 inches                                                                                                       99.7 x 65.7 cm

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George Shaw

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George Shaw is an English contemporary artist, that is well known for his suburban subject matter. He was first noticed by painting the estate where he grew up  in the 1970's, and is noted for his greatly detailed naturalistic approach and english suburb subject matter. Shaw was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2011 for The Sly and Unseen Day, he also made a series of paintings named Ash Wednesday, which is made up of 7 paintings, based on photographs taken at half-hour intervals throughout the day from 6am up until 9 pm. I have chosen to look into the artist work based on just one of his pieces from the series of paintings, Ash Wednesday: 7am, 2004. This piece caught my attention because of the appearance of the painting looks real, when I first cam across the image I believed it was real, until I looked further into Shaw and his work. My work does not have much resemblance or links to Shaw's work, other than the fact that i am looking at buildings. I wanted to add him into my blog as in the future I would like to be able to create something similar, to create a painting that looks realistic to the point where you have to look closer or see others to realise that it is in fact a painting.

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        Ash Wednesday: 7am, 2004                                                       Scenes from the Passion: Late, 2002

        Humbrol enamal on board,                                                         Enamel paint on board,

        92 x 121 cm                                                                                      917 x 1215 x 52 mm

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Nina Baxter

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Nina Baxter is a painter who produces large scale, geometrical abstract pieces using harmonious colours. Based in London Baxter is currently working from a studio in Bermondsey's Biscuit Factory. Producing paintings and collages her work is usually rich in colour, and based around nature, or something that she had heard or seen which inspired her. I have chosen to Look into the Baxter's work as I am facinated in the  use of  geometric shapes that are used to create  abstract images, the two piece's that appealed to me the most were, The Wall, another being Moonlight. The main reason for this being they remind me of a built up area of buildings, or a sky scraper with a number or windows, when the truth is that the artist is telling you what it is through there names. Although the idea behind Baxter's work does not link with mine, I believe that the use of shape and colour has influenced my work. Using line, colour and shape within my own work based on urban landscapes/buildings at this moment I think the style of my work has similarities to both of these pieces. I think you are drawn to Baxter's work firstly by the choice of colour, and then you start to look closer to discover just how many shapes the work is made up of, and the number of colours that have been used. 

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                      Moonlight, 2017                                                                 The Wall, 2017

                      Acrylic on canvas,                                                              Acrylic on canvas, 

                      101.5 x 76 cm                                                                      101.5 x 76 cm

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Judith Appleby 

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After my recent visit to The Biscuit Factory I came across a few artist that I believe have inspired my work and influenced me. One being Judith Appleby, she is a painter who highlights structure within the landscape, using patterns to mix man-made and natural forms. Based in North Northumberland and in Newcastle, Appleby's use of colour allows her to create an atmosphere in each of her pieces. In the piece The Cheviot from near Otterburn that I viewed at The Biscuit Factory, Appleby as used a number of mute/cold colours, for me this created a quite atmosphere. The painting makes me think its early on a winters day and I imagine that there will be no people around for miles as the snow covers the hills and fields, creating a sense of abandonment. The other piece Simonside Hills, 

Northumberland wich I have looked at on the other hand, creates a complete opposite atmosphere for me, with the use of warmer colours I imagine this being a very warm day where there will be people out, taking walks through the feild's. Wanting to be part of the landscape, exploring the land. Viewing Appleby's work has a shown me that colour and choice of colour is important, not only to make the piece photo realistic but it changes the way the piece is presented and understood. I want to work on this in my own work as I would like to be able to make my viewers feel or see my work in a certain way.  

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                     Simonside Hills, Northumberland                                The Cheviot from near Otterburn            

                     Acrylic on canvas,                                                              Acrylic on canvas, 

                    50cm x 50cm                                                                       100cm x 70cm 

                   

 

Ian Mitchell

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Another artist who Ive viewed at The Biscuit Factory is Ian Mitchell, being the artist that has influenced my work greatly. The artist produces a range of prints, reducing and refining what he is looking at into minimalist forms and shapes. Removing what is seen tone un-nessesary "clutter". Although Mitchell work's with landscapes and my theme of work doesn't relate with that I am looking into urban landscapes and recently viewed city landscapes. The main reason I have chosen Mitchell's work is the style in which he uses within his prints. I am impressed with the use of shapes in his work and the idea of contemporary man-made landscapes, and modernism of architecture. After already showing two pieces of Mitchell's work on my gallery page, Towards The Baltic and Saltburn Pier, I have also chosen the pieces Gateshead, Millennium Bridge and Tyne Bridge. All of these pieces are from his collection North East England, and I specifically chose these because I believe they are similar yet very different. Gateshead, Millennuim Bridge shows a number of different objects such as the Millennium bridge, the Sage, and the Tyne Bride, were as the Tyne Bridge focuses on one main object, being the Tyne Bridge. Both of these pieces are made up of a number of lines, shapes and colours, I believe Mitchell's work is simple but yet gives all that is needed. The use of shapes to suggest line and structure has been enough for us the viewers to create an image in our heads of what is there without actually being there. 

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                  Tyne Bridge                                                            Gateshead, Millennium Bridge

                  Digital Print (Archival),                                       Digital Print (Archival)

                  420mm x 297mm                                                  420mm x 297mm

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Anthony Marshall

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Anthony Marshall work reflects his passion for colour, with a wide range of subject matters, from figurative to landscapes. Creating work influenced by a number of things, such as everyday life and his unique perspective on it. His work is distinctive with the use of loud/bold colours to present everyday scenes. I chose Mrshall's work because of his wild choice of colours, not because his style or theme is similar to me. I wanted to look further into him when I witnessed his piece Alvinos at the Biscuit Factory, the style of his work is very different to mine but I admire his way of painting and the choice of colour within all of his work. The abstract paintings capture your eye automatically with the use of the bright yellow and orange/red shades, they almost welcome you in when you look closer even though they aren't realistic paintings, Marshall has given enough information through the use of his brush strokes and lines that he has created for you to make out the scene's that are in the painting's.  Most of his work is focusing on street scenes and the majority are nightlife, I have picked two pieces of Marshall's work, Going To The Match and Night Buss. I have chose Going To The Match because I also looked at this piece while I was at The Biscuit Factory and I really liked the way it made me feel part of the crowd on there way from the match. From my view I think from the colours used, they suggests that the supporters are disappointed in the outcome of the match or maybe Marshall was just suggesting that it was night time. Maybe both. The piece Night Buss, to me is a much better piece, creating a nightlife scene under the Tyne Bridge. The colour and the paint that has been added suggests that that streets are wet, with the use of reflective painting on the road under the buss stop the figures are waiting in. I prefer this pice because there is more to look at and there is a lot more colour and shapes adde to build up the image. 

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                        Going To The Match                                                    Night Buss

                        Acrylic on canvas board,                                             Acrylic on canvas board

                        38 x 43cm                                                                      89 x 73cm 

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Lawren Harris

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Lawren Harris is known as one of Canada's most collected artists, known as the "Group of Seven ringleader whose rugged landscapes changed Canadian identity". The artist painted landscapes and believed his art could shape he country's identity. Harris was a very wealthy man and part of a group that pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. During the 1920's Harris's work became much more abstract and simplified, mainly his landscapes of the Canadian north and Arctic. I chose to look at Harris's paintings specifically because of his style of painting. I admire the way he adds his paint flat to the canvas, creating an image made up of solid shapes. In his piece Mount Thule, Bylot Island, he has used a number of dark colours, yet used the white to break up the colours and create an image of snow on top of the mountains. I like that he has also created what looks to be a reflection in water under the mountains, but kept with the use of shapes and semi-solid colours. Another of Harris's work I like is Nerke, Greenland, Ive chosen this piece because its similar to the other but very different. The way that Harris has applied the paint to the canvas looks to be a lot more gritty, almost textured as you can see is brush strokes. The paint has still been added thick and solid as the image itself still looks to be almost made up of a variety of shapes. This is what I like the most about Harris's paintings as I am working with shapes at the moment, I would like to think looking into his paintings has influenced my work and in the future you can see that in my paintings. 

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           Mount Thule Bylot Island, 1930                                                   Nerve, Greenland, 1930

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David Hockney 

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David Hockney is an English painter, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He took a huge part in the Pop art movement which evolved in the 1960s and he is concidered to be one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Hockney has livd in California since 1964, and it is here where I believe he has produced some of his best work. I have chosen to look into the Hockney work as I am fascinated in his use of colour and shape. looking at the pieces A Bigger Splash and Peter Getting Out Of Nick's Pool, he has used a number of bright colours to highlight the original colours of the water and plants that surround the pool area but used muted colours beside these for the buildings and ground, allowing the rich colours to stand out much further. Both pieces are very similar in which Hockney has chosen the pool as his subject matter, I love the way that the images are built up of shapes, rectangle and squares being the main ones. In relation to my work this is what I am trying to do, build up an image using colour line and shape to create a pop art like image. I prefer the piece A Bigger Splash because it has no figure present but has suggested human activity through the way he has added paint to the water to create the idea that someone has jumped into the water.  I also really like the fact that Hockney uses acrylic on canvas and board with his paintings as that is what I am using in my work and I believe it works best for me at the moment. 

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