Portrait Inspiration

Contemporary Artists

Christian Hook

Jimmy Law

John Larriva

I like the short-stroke style of Hook's and Law's portraits, where they focus more on the angles of the face than the details. I think for my facial structure and features, their fairly similar styles are something i should take into consideration. Though with Larriva, he has elements of short stroke, but there is a more whole shape in the faces and color.

Historical Artists

Egon Schiele

Valentin Serov

Schiele's style consists of shapes and colors not completely mixed on the basis of the black lines. Serov uses much more color in his portraits, while leaving some aspect of the piece "unfinished". Compared to the contemporary artists' full, more blended color appearance, the historical artists have a comparatively drafted style.

Mini Masterpiece Proposals: Animal Heads 2.0

Last year I ended up doing pieces completely unrelated to my original proposals for the Mini Masterpieces art sale: Animals' heads on 'human' bodies. Fortunately they were a huge hit, selling within less than a half hour. So this year I'm bringing them back, but rather than doing a modern style, I'm sticking to historical portraits for the body, and then adding stranger  animals as the head. Im hoping that through making subtle references (such as a Blue Jay head on the Blue Boy- portrait by Thomas Gainsborough), the art will be more appreciative. 

Toucan-Napoleon

Marie Antelope (except for I remember it wasn't exactly an antelope, but for the sake of the title)