Fauvism (and Fauvist art) came into the world in the early 1900’s, around 1904. It was a means for the artists of the day to escape the use of the everyday realist and impressionist color palette. By using a far broader (and usually wilder) pigmentation range, the mood and impact of the work was greatly …
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Calculated Abstract is similar in some respects to Raw Abstract Expressive art in the fact that the work is non-representational and is in essence uniquely derived from the gut or creative DNA. The main differentiation between this style and R.A.E. art is the element of a conceptual framework prior to creation. Though the art is …
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The oldest art form to exist (i.e. petroglyphs), man has always had the need to scratch and sketch. From the simple to the sublime, these images have a place and purpose in both delivering a message and in artistry. Like most artists, I draw for a myriad of reasons, including many times my own personal …
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Born in the early 1920’s, the surrealist art movement allowed artists the latitude to take their subconscious and philosophical realities, and blend them with the real. Taking on the everyday, a surrealist artist contorts, skews, and twists the imagery to deliver a new message to the viewer of an altered reality. Like Salvador Dali, one …
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