Hello everyone, I'm an art student, sharing with you some more paintings from my current series. You can find my last post here: First Post These newer ones are doubles, 50 by 70 cm. Oil on cotton...
Hello everyone, I'm an art student, sharing with you some more paintings from my current series. You can find my last post here: First Post
These newer ones are doubles, 50 by 70 cm. Oil on cotton canvas.
Here's a short explanatory text I posted last time:
The people in these paintings, I don't know them personally. They are first drawin in charcoal and then painted, from a photograph. The title and visual might give a hint to what kind of photos they are. I found (American) internet archives, listing millions of entries of people picked up and documented by the police. There was a lot of additional information about them. Some were sexual predators and murderers, others had drug offenses. Some couldn't pay a parking ticket. I was able to look at an overwhelming amount of information, without any barriers to entry.
That this was legal I found very disturbing. I'm not from the U.S. But putting moral judgements aside, I found it interesting to browse this huge database, full of involuntary photos.
I was looking for faces that spoke to me, visually speaking. And those I tried to paint. Not photorealistic, but hopefully true to their essence and character. And visually appealing, atleast to my own taste.
Again, looking forward to any opinions, thoughts or criticism.
Hello everyone, I'm an art student, sharing with you some more paintings from my current series. You can find my last post here: First Post
These newer ones are doubles, 50 by 70 cm. Oil on cotton canvas.
Mugshot 15
Mugshot 12
Mugshot 13
Here's a short explanatory text I posted last time:
The people in these paintings, I don't know them personally. They are first drawin in charcoal and then painted, from a photograph. The title and visual might give a hint to what kind of photos they are. I found (American) internet archives, listing millions of entries of people picked up and documented by the police. There was a lot of additional information about them. Some were sexual predators and murderers, others had drug offenses. Some couldn't pay a parking ticket. I was able to look at an overwhelming amount of information, without any barriers to entry.
That this was legal I found very disturbing. I'm not from the U.S. But putting moral judgements aside, I found it interesting to browse this huge database, full of involuntary photos.
I was looking for faces that spoke to me, visually speaking. And those I tried to paint. Not photorealistic, but hopefully true to their essence and character. And visually appealing, atleast to my own taste.
Again, looking forward to any opinions, thoughts or criticism.