Painting Title: Alice in Wonderland Medium: Latex housepaint and watercolor pencils Ground: Canvas Process: Airbrush Size: 23"x57" Date Completed: 2007
To set up the reference shots, I got as close to the sidewalk as I could. The surrounding scene was chaotic and detached, with frantic commuters hurriedly making their way into the train station that she was sleeping in front of in an evident abyss of loss and isolation..
These rushed shots still took in quite a larger area which I needed to crop out to highlight her against the background: plain steel security gates and rough concrete sidewalks with no shadows or direct lighting.
When I enlarged the reduced image area, details became fragmented jpg pixelations, dots and dashes which I painted in to define form, lighting and depth with considerably more precision.
I applied watercolor pencils- drawing and shading each pixelation that I could distinguish. I then airbrushed subtle pathways of little designs, swirls, and patterns, turning the work into an intricate jigsaw puzzle amongst the shadows. This underscored an alienated equilibrium where her dreaming would appear temporarily free from life's physical and emotional troubles.
I experimented with the illusion of ethereal lighting, corroded rust, night-like shading, and surface reflections; and then coordinated various areas throughout the painting with unadulterated multicolored applications, thereby creating optical mixtures.
The painting was coalesced with an intricate graffiti mural as a metaphor: the dark and grotesque fantasy realm of escape from the futility of life.
In reality however, when she awakens, she will be left on a grimy cold gray city sidewalk in front of a plain gray metal security gate.... and she will continue being passed unnoticed by hundreds of uncaring commuters with loving families, hot meals and soft beds waiting for them in the uncompromised comfort of their homes.
From The Wall
I don't need no arms around me and I dont need no drugs to calm me
Stunning. The emotions you are able to convey are incredible. I just want to run up and embrace this woman. You must have an amazing amount of strength to be able to do these pieces!
The title fits the piece perfectly. I love how you darkened the areas on the ground on either side of the woman. It's amazing that such a connection can be felt towards a person that one's never met.
Hey , this look like something different , Denis , that colorful thing in the background almost like we could see what she dreaming while sleeping...
but also sad seeing those things surrounding , especially that meal box..
It's amazing how this series can always convey a feeling the true garishness and power of the scene. The view can feel how real this woman and what she's going through is.
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I knew the graffiti was on the wall
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Life is like a work of art. God is the artist.
We are the tools and He uses us
to create something worth while.
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I'm a Bunneh :B
Quite different and darker.
Loved the colors and shading you created in the background>> it just cannot be better.
the rest feeling is terrific. It must have taken you quite sometime to creat such a marvel and drift from the reference photo..
Extreamly well done
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IN ORDER TO DRAW BETTER, LEARN TO SEE BETTER
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The Gypsy Queen Extraordinaire
Bravo!
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"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."
~George Bernard Shaw
"I don't have much call for handkerchiefs, my dear...there are certain advantages, you see, in being without a nose."
~Erik
but also sad seeing those things surrounding , especially that meal box..
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羅卓睿© Michael Andrew Law 2009
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"If the shoe doesnt fit, must we change the foot?"-Gloria Steinem
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"If the shoe doesnt fit, must we change the foot?"-Gloria Steinem
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* Oil on canvas paintings, pastel and pencil drawings - Art Gallery by Suzana Stojanović
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