Inspiring Artist

On portfolio day, Trevor from MICA suggested that I look at art by Mark Tansey. This artist uses monocromatic colors and bases some of his paintings on historical events. I like the sense of light he has in his paintings and the single color tone. But something that is unique is the way he creates these peices. "He continuously photocopies stretched, rotated, and cropped images, resulting in a collage that ultimately serves as a preliminary study for a painting. Rendered in a single hue, his paintings have a precise photographic quality that is reminiscent of scientific illustration, achieved by applying gesso then washing, brushing and scraping paint into it. " (Gagosian Gallery) Collaging or re-arranging images is sort of similar to what I do, or did, esspecially last year before painting. I like the personlality and irony in peices like these...