Monday, August 26, 2013

18. Edward Hopper


One of my Art Gods.  If you know his work you know what I’m talking about, but if you don’t, check it out.  So great.

He was an illustrator who became a fine artist and that always inspires me.  Like Winslow Homer, Michelangelo, Toulouse Lautrec, Andy Warhol.    Hopper’s work has an oblique detached approach that somehow manages to be intensely emotional.  But not sentimental.  His style is flawless and technically amazing.  He taught me that whatever you’re attempting to do, the underlying drawing needs to be perfect.  The architecture needs to be sound. 

This turned out okay.  Not as bad as Jossie, but still.  The only advantage I had was nobody knows what this guy looks like.  Edward Hopper.  This guy. 

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