Emerging out of the conceptual basis of Surrealism and Cubism, Alberto Giacometti established his unique aesthetic style with delicate figurative sculptures and expressive portraits that resulted
from intense observations.
Ann Gale is a Seattle - based figurative painter engaged in
an intense observation of her subjects.
These works, in monumental size and scale, engulf viewers with their expansive, painterly surfaces that depict moments of
intense observation in the landscape — what Katz describes as «flashes» of perception or «quick things passing.»
Tobey rejected scale and monumentality to create «microscopic» worlds and intimate compositions, based on
an intense observation of nature, the city, and the flow of light.
David Hockney, Woldgate - Woods, 2006 Oil on 6 canvases, copyright David Hockney Highlights will include three groups of new work made since 2005, when Hockney returned to live in Bridlington, showing
an intense observation of his surroundings in a variety of media.
For instance, in hanging Auerbach's Head of E.O.W. [Stella West], 1964, alongside Rembrandt's Portrait of Dr Ephraïm Bueno, 1645 — 47, we invite an exploration of the two intimate portraits, the different solutions for similar subjects and the artists» purpose and intention in creating the rich surface through hours of painting and
intense observation.
Shading, even of the loose - sketchy variety, takes time and
intense observation.
Each incised line is a painstaking mark of
his intense observation and concentration.