Monday, 2 February 2015

Artists Statements- Sam Percival

Sam portraits are the development of work he has been working on since his first year. He is looking closely at how he can advance his skills and techniques through portrait distortion.  Sam describes his work as eye-catching as the result of the intense stare at the viewer from the subject in the painting. The direct gaze brings the subject out of the painting, making it more realistic. This inability to escape the stare makes the viewer feel uncomfortable.
Describing how he achieved this effect of the intense stare said: “I enhanced this effect of the eyes by editing the image on Photoshop to degrade the other colours to enhance the green. I found this effect adds to the effect of the viewer feeling the distress found within the portrait.”

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