Inspiration

Hi everyone, I didn't get to share my inspiration last week, so here is some of Chuck Close's work, one of my favorite artists. I really like the way he uses color and I also find his process really interesting . He works from his own photographs and uses grids to break down the face into different "mini-paintings." I was able to see some of his pieces at the Portland Art Museum a couple years ago that really show the intensive process of his work and it is so amazing to see up close. In 1988 a spinal injury left him paralyzed below the neck, but he kept working while doing physical therapy and eventually was able to get back into his work, which I think is really inspiring.

http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/process/process.html

This website explains some of Chuck Close's processes better than I can and also has some biographical information.

Here are a few of my favorite pieces of his :)

Jordan

It's kind of hard to tell in this picture, but this piece is done completely in fingerprints