10 Images

This drawing is part of a series by illustrator Karolina Korvil
I find the piece interesting as it warps the perception of a human portrait, with use of basic line and monochrome. I think it shows the subject as feeling as though there are two people trapped inside of oneself as the two faces merge into one figure. It's a simple doodle, with an underlying sense of sadness and confusion.


Sappho by Charles Mengin 1877
This is one of my favourite pieces of classical art. There is an eeriness in this image conjured by both the darker tones and colour, and the vacant stare in the studies eyes, I find it interesting how this emotion contrasts the softness of the female figure and body. The painting itself tells a story of the Greek poet Sappho, who was said to have thrown herself in the sea in response to unrequited love. I find classical art interesting, especially figure paintings because I feel the longer you look at them the more you discover, allowing you to become lost in the painting itself.




Venus of the Rags by Michelangelo Pistoletto
I was interested in this piece after seeing in in The Walker Gallery, Liverpool. I find the contrasts within the exhibit interesting; the historical and contemporary styles, the smooth clean cut marble figure against the mess of rags, and the colourful clothing against the white of the figure. I think it is a comment on how the waste produced by humanity has ruined the beauty our earth once had in ancient societies.

Street art - Brick Lane.
Since moving to London I have taken the time to explore some areas of the city, my favourite thing about the city is the artwork. Wherever you go there is street art, graffiti, stickers, colour and life. This particular painting is interesting to me as it relates to my own personal art style. I like the bold lines and colour and the interesting morphing of the collage of faces. During this course I would like to experiment with creating larger pieces of work, e.g. murals, and would like to look at the different street art around London.


Soup by Bjenny Montero
Montero is one of my favourite illustrators, his comics come alive with bold use of colour and hold a nostalgic quality of love and friendship. This particular comic is my favourite because it reminds me of my friends, and the ability to share what I have with the people I love.

Part of the series Black Ink by Fine artist Marina González Eme
Another abstract expression of the human form, this piece expresses a morphed being with a third eye. I think the piece is very visually appetising with different mark making technique, and heavy tone used to portray a darker mood. I feel like this drawing tells the story of awakening your third eye, but instead of finding peace, finding a not so pleasant truth. This can be terrifying and grotesque, as shown in the movement of line and warped features.


Matisse's Dance(1) and kids, Russian State Hermitage Museum
Dance is one of my favourite paintings my Matisse, I love the movement of his human figures, and the gracefulness expressed within his use of line and shape. I like how each figure doesn't have to be perfect, or true to life, but instead is expressed to be free and flowing, like the dance itself. The children in the photo replicating the painting is also interesting, the image gives an idea of how impressionable art can be, how each can interpret it and feel something through anothers brush strokes.


Elephants, Salvador Dali 1948
Elephant is a reoccurring image in Dali's work, however I find this to be his most interesting representation of it. Dali distorts the elephants by making them impossibly tall with spindly legs, I love the idea of drawing something not how you see it but how you want it to be seen. My favourite ability within art is to make something mundane interesting by morphing the preconception already held by the audience and creating something else entirely. I could sit and look at Dali's work all day and still find something new to look at.


By illustrator, Steph Hope.
Hope is an abstract illustrator who is greatly inspired by pop art, she tries to express awkward situations in daily life through warped faces and simple use of line and colour. I like how the portraits convey a sense of pain and anguish and how this contrasts with the calming connotations of the light blue and purple, as well as the soft fluidity of line.


Kieth Haring
This is my favourite piece of work by Haring. A lot of Haring's work has underlying pointers toward his sexuality, which he was never completely open about before his death from AIDS in 1990. I particularly like the connotations of the colours, bold black lines, and movement of the figures. I think it is a comment on being pride in Haring's sexuality. I love this piece so much I had it tattooed to represent my own sense of pride.