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"2020"

"2020", 2D Fine Art
"2020"
“By creating the device of a slice in the background, I imagined a person peeking with concern and wonder at a very troubling year for the U.S. and the world. Larsen is a studio model and posed specifically for this painting which I had sketched in advance. I cut out a cardboard panel and let the light hit Larsen’s face exactly where I wanted it and he leaned into it perfectly.”
  Alfred Phillips
2D Fine Art (Acrylic Painting)    24 x 24    $600.00    https://WWW.ALFREDPH...   
A short statement of the proposed artwork's relationship to the theme of "Light and Shadows" (150-500 words).
I consider my entries in this competition “updated chiaroscuro”. I wanted my paintings to have male figures expressing a moment that might reveal dark thoughts or worries but in a more contemporary style of chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro, or “light”-“dark”, requires strong contrasts between light and dark. I interpreted that as meaning I had the liberty to use less shadowing and more flat tones of dark and light. I did not want to mimic a master artist such as Caravaggio but to honor his art as best I could.