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“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse." -Winston Churchill

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands." - Michelangelo

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun


Louise, Graphite, 3.5 X 5in/ 8.9 X 12.7cm, C.nick, 2013
I listed Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun as one of my inspirations in this post, so I’m very happy to do a portrait of her. I love her style, which is odd because I don’t consider Rococo a great influence to my art. Her use of colour is, well, it does wonderful things to my synesthetic senses. Her paintings of people are expressive and their personalities really shine through. She is an artist I very much admire. 

Louise, Graphite, 3.5 X 5in/ 8.9 X 12.7cm, C.nick, 2013


Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is one of the artists I admire most. Her paintings of people are expressive. Her use of colour does wonderful things to my synesthetic senses. Cloth is rendered exceptionally in her work, texture, colour, form, everything about it makes you want to reach out and touch it.

Friday, January 25, 2013

Burns Night Chalk Drawing

Burns Night Sidewalk Chalk 2013
Happy Burns Night everyone! This is my sidewalk chalk drawing for Burns night. 

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