In high school I'd been led to believe that the study
of traditional painting techniques was a common jumping off point to more personal types of expression (think Picasso and Duchamp), but for some reason, probably my punk hair and clothes, the in - crowd at school considered my type of tight, facile realism to be threatening.
A talented draughtsman since childhood, the artist studied
traditional painting technique in Iran, and was an active collaborator in Tim Rollins» K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) before attending the San Francisco Art Institute (BFA) and Stanford University (MFA.)
His deft handling of oil paint clearly demonstrates a facility inspired
by traditional painting techniques, and a material aptitude for the dense capture of light and colour.
Ena Swansea attended film school at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and continually introduces elements normally associated with digital art and film to
otherwise traditional painting techniques.
While developing a career in wall painting and surface finishing, she explores the use of fresco as well
as traditional painting techniques in contemporary practices, and works equally with murals, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media.
His deft handling of oil paint clearly demonstrates a facility inspired
by traditional painting techniques, and a material aptitude for the dense capture of light and color.
Swansea's new paintings, produced over the course of the last year, allude to the artist's background in film and digital art, which has led her to continually introduce elements normally associated with these technologies to
otherwise traditional painting techniques.
Represented by Chicago dealer Rhona Hoffman and L.A. dealers ACME, the artist has set herself apart with
traditional painting techniques that she fuses with modern abstract styles and a vibrant palette.
2010 marked the artist's return to
traditional painting techniques.
Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, the artist studied
the traditional painting technique nihonga at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts in 1948.
Combining collaged prints and
traditional painting techniques, Liu layers, stains, and composes her paintings; interminably dissolving the transition between figure and ground.
De Kooning loved the freedom and excitement of New York, but saw it through the eyes of a man steeped in
the traditional painting techniques of the Renaissance.
Pairing radiant gradients with commanding size and unique structures, Refuge harmonizes the artist's sense of exploration and honors his love of
traditional painting techniques.
She has studied abroad
the traditional painting techniques of India and China.
Combining
traditional painting techniques with contemporary design and illustrative styles, Barton's paintings are simultaneously unnerving in their otherworldly depictions of the figure and charming in their intense ornamentation.
This work had all of minimalism's patent characteristics: radically spare in appearance, made from immediately evident materials and with none of
the traditional painting techniques that tend to make a holy mystery of artistic creation.
Combining modern technology with
traditional painting techniques, Tom Goldenberg creates vivid depictions of the natural world.
In addition, we can see a detachment from
the traditional painting techniques and an development towards monochromatic surfaces in order to enhance the perception of the painting as a physical object.
Stefan Thelen, better known by his moniker Super A, is a Dutch street and gallery artist who blends urban methods, graphic design and
traditional painting techniques to give life to work that evolves out of his personal experiences and thoughts.
In creating CORE, Rauschenberg blended silkscreen techniques with
traditional painting techniques, applying brush strokes and stains to the printed images offered in this rather special collage.
Having spent 10 years studying traditional ink painting under a Chinese master in Chongqing, China, Verdier has since created an iconic pictorial language that merges
these traditional painting techniques with influences from Western art history.
The internet explorer (and archiver) continues his examination of the shifting nature of self in the context of modern technology and virtual living, using video works, installations, sculptures, prints, and
traditional painting techniques to probe the subjectivity of memory and the collapse between the virtual and «the real».
While Dutch street and gallery artist Super A blends urban methods, graphic design and
traditional painting techniques to give life to work that evolves out of his personal experiences and thoughts, the Dutch artist and illustrator Collin van der Sluijs translates personal pleasures and struggles in daily life into his own visual language.
They were crude evocations of landscapes, painted with a rudimentary understanding of
traditional painting techniques — but they were still sort of abstract.
What does the teacher, so committed to
traditional painting techniques, make of his student's success?
Mr. Torak teaches the core principles of
traditional painting technique, with stress on the importance of a logical and organized approach.
Using the history as a path to the future the artists» work involved many contemporary and
traditional painting techniques combined with digital imagery and photography.
This rustic table has been given a complete makeover with
the traditional painting technique called sgraffito.