Nick Gentry

Nick Gentry is a British artists from London. His art is influenced by the development of consumerism, technology, identity and cyber culture in society. Gentry is known for his floppy disc paintings which is pretty self explanatory. he paints on floppy discs and produces spectacular portraits. What attracts me to this artist is the fact he uses personal projects and recycled media, in other words old school media such as floppy discs, newspapers, cassette tapes and records. I came across this artist on pinterest and was instantly amazed at his work - the fact the something so simple such as a floppy disc can bring a piece to life and add that 3d element to it. My final piece is based on Gentry's work. Unlike him i didn't directly paint on my discs as I am not as brave as Gentry but I still took inspiration from him. What makes him different from the other artist i have studied and are inspired by is he uses recycling media and brings something's different to the table. He successfully brings that old school media to the modern day and it doesn't look dated one bit. Almost give the portraits paintings a kind of robotic and futuristic feeling. This maybe all down all the colours and tones he uses as an artist.

Georges Seurat

Georges Pierre Seurat is well known for his technique for pointillism. This consists of applying small strokes of pure colour and allowing the

Denise Landis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson Pollock

 

 

Born on January 28th 1912 in Cody, Wyoming arytist Jackson Pollock studies under Thomas Hart Benton before leaving tarditional painting techniques to explore abstract expressionism via his splatter and action pieces, which involved pouring paint and other media directly onto canvas. He was renowed and critiqued for his conventions. Unfortunately, Pollock died in 1956 due to drink driving which ended in him crashing into a tree.

 

What attracted me to the artitist Jackson Pollock was how free he was with his paintings and for someone who is rather expressing with their such as myself is a great thing to see. Jacksons mother had artistic ambitions which i can relate to as art has been and is a passion that runs through my family so there is some sorta similarity.

 

I always have a tendancy to decorate my sketchbooks with nail varnish or paint to give an abstract look hence why i studied this specific artist as several people have said to me that it reminds them of Pollocks work.

 

Below you can see an inspired Pollock piece. I simply used nail varnish on white canvas and deliberty left a border round the edges of the canvas to give a more clenaer and sharper look. Its one of my favourite pieces as its so simple yet you can see different thing within the piece itself.