The paintings include “Arthur and Telescope,” the illustration on page 1 of Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara (2007), and “Imperial Palace,” which appears both on page 132 of Chandara and page 154 of Imaginative Realism.
The paintings will be on view at booth 115, the Daniel Maghen Gallery, which has a select assortment of fantasy and comic art from Europe and America. For more information contact Olivier Souille at Galerie Daniel Maghen at info (at) danielmaghen.com.
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Galerie Daniel Maghen
Brafa Festival
I'd love to see your paintings in person one day!
ReplyDeleteI've been reading Hale's 'Lessons from the Great Masters' recently, and I was wondering how you manage to capture form so well and draw in the cast shadows (like on Bix), something he says a lot of artists tend to leave out due to ruining the illusion of geometric shapes.
Do you find that this isn't the case a lot of the time, or do you have to exaggerate suggestive contour lines to make up for what the cast shadows may potentially detract from?
Nick, thanks, and that's a good observation. I often overlook cast shadows when I invent forms, but they're key for convincing form. And when you cast a vertical linear shadow over a form, the shadow can often reveal the form as a cross-section would (If you follow me).
ReplyDeleteI find making maquettes and having people pose suggests all sorts of possibilities with cast shadows.
Thanks for the reply James. I recall a plein air you did where some trees' cast shadows defined a hilly ground plane, so I can certainly see why it helps to know cast shadows. I'll look out for this from now on. :)
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