Artist: Sophie Blackall
Website:
www.sophieblackall.com
www.sophieblackall.blogspot.com
http://missedconnectionsny.blogspot.com/
Commentary:
Sophie Blackall is an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, New York. She is an accomplished and well known artist and illustrator. I have chosen to highlight her, namely because it is rare for such an accomplished artist to post original paintings for sale on etsy. Her works often include figures as the subject matter engaged in daily routines. Often figures are conversing or interacting in some routine expected way with one another. The subjects are drawn in an expressive yet figurative artistic manner. The figures are characterized in order to highlight aspects that the painter deems as important, such as seemingly excessive flowing hair.
Her color palate is often flat and muted, with tone build through rounded shading. Her works do not use texture and are 2D in pictorial design. This gives each work a look similar to that evoked by the clay animation of Tim Burton in works such as “A Nightmare before Christmas.” This effect is most likely due to Sophie’s illustrator background. It allows for the focus of the viewer to remain on the subjects face and actions rather than for the focus to spread across the viewing plane. Thus each work draws the viewer in without overwhelming their senses in needless detail or aesthetic disharmony.
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