Just curious Why you linked to that artist? I find that kind of portrait kinda cartoonish looking- Sure, the artist has some skill- but the result just looks kinda like a cartoon almost- a semi-realistic looking one- a weird mix of hyperealism-like work along with more basic handling of paint that makes it kinda look semi-realistic cartoony looking (Check out the heavy use of lines in the eyes- they look too ‘Drawn’ to me- like a colored pencil drawing almost- lines such as those need to be more artistically suggeted by brushwork than outright drawn out like that in my opinion on what makes good artistic art- the results is that it makes the eye look separate from the eye socket- and not like a part of the eye as it should be) to me- Her work is too technical to be artistic- (Note, there are some artistic elements in the whole of the painting- but to me, the hyper-realism detracts from it- and while hyper-realism-like works are a technical achievement, i much prefer artistic genius over technical results)
I mean it’s far better than Bush’s work- but not a style i like (Not that my opinion is the end all be all-)- it’s almost like a kincaid painting- kinda like ‘eye candy’- the ‘hyperrealism-like’ aspect is a type of eye candy- it’s an art form in itself- but I much prefer more impressionist art expression through brushwork and use of light, and tones etc- let the paint do the expressing, not the hyperrealistic-like drawing-
I do like drawings, but artistically done ones- with flair and style- I don’t much care for hyperealism that doesn’t have much style-
If you haven’t seen this guy before, Check out this ‘Autistic Savant’ Stephen Witshire- He is kinda like a ‘human camera’, but he has a flair to his drawing that is pretty cool looking- all the detail is cool too- but I like the artistic flair he has in his drawings- Whether he consciously employs it or not, i dunno-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqKRfZHpYBs
I like the colors, the skin tones are particularly spot on. As a guy who's done portraits, I'm particularly enamored of someone who can catch a face, and you know that's exactly what the person looks like, and yeah, I'm a fan of hyper-realism.
Grew up reading comic books, and never made the distinction between fine art & other arts. I appreciate a patchwork quilt as much as a painting.
Wandering off here, but I used to be a huge fan of Richard Amsel, who was a movie poster artist and did practically every high profile movie in the late 70s-early 80s.
Then I realized he got the great likenesses by tracing photos. Check the way the pistol butt sticks out at an impossible angle because of tracing two photos. I'm a sucker, though, for art deco, old style, and decorative art, anyway.
Interesting that you brought up Kinkade, cause he was a guy that WAS really good, but sold out and got the money. Here's one of his early paintings.
He took what was a great natural talent, and as he sold out, started making his paintings completely out of frosting, rather than using his gift for lighting as a small part of his work.