Boris.Zaborov

Boris Zaborov.Philippe B P Bonafoux.2007.Milano.Skira.Zaborov pictures are described by author as...fragments of life,splinters of existence seized as though by chance at a time of the non-event.               Zaborov uses old photographers to create his paintings, they inhabit no discernible space like Byzantium icons,we are made to observe both image and surface texture all at once.When describing his photographic sources Zaborov states " Of all the very different things that surround us,old photographs from family albums are what unsettle my imagination the most. They have a hypnotic power. People whose lives I know nothing gaze apon me from the distance of their past. Over powering me with their secret life...".

Kathe Kollwitz .

Kollwitzs work could be described as socialist propaganda, but as Carl Ziggrosser points out in his book on the artist, propaganda will only endure as art ,if the artist speaks purely in terms of his or hers art,if their allegiance is not to party but to humanity, if the issues are the eternal verities of death,suffering,love and children.It will be a work of art only if it's appeal is timeless and universal.Emotions are timeless and do not change,humans are of infinite shadings and varieties.No one can give a complete picture of all or even one category.Kollwitz dealt with them in terms of function  eg motherhood ,peasant etc.

Kate Shepherd.

This artist uses enamel and other industrial support.The artist uses very thin lines to suggest dynamic drawings,the work implies a sense of space,which can be shallow or deep.Sheppard uses architectural  drafting programs to create her drawings.The artist uses rich primary colours and line to give a sense of movement.

Morris Louise

Louise was one of the early pioneers of colour field paintings, and had close associations with the school of painting described as Abstract Expressionism. Louise explored the ideas and concepts of what actually constitutes our perceptions of what a painting is, as a visual physical item. The artist believed that before anything else painting is the art of surface manipulation. The chief feature of the paintings surface is its flatness, and that this feature distinguishes painting from other art forms. Louise used a technique that involved staining the canvas by pouring paint onto unprimed canvas, and letting it run. The act of staining into the surface eliminated any three dimensional qualities inherent in the paint. Louise described how his pouring technique had a clear intent that had a chaotic effect.

Katherine Grosse

Artist uses secondary and primary colours .paints on varied surfaces using blending.

Judith Belzer

Exhibition The Inner life Of Trees.This exhibition of paintings is very relevant to my project,and has already begun to influence the direction it may take Belzer is a Berkeley based artist,her work involves the investigation and observation of the patterns and repetitions that are present in organic structures in this instance trees.The artists work is informed by photography and executed in cool earth colours such as yellow ocher,sienna and viridian.In this exhibition she explores the light effects on the wood texture of trees.

Painting project third semester

Installation of bog oak.investigation of texture,form and colour.