William Adolphe Bouguereau
When I first saw Bouguereau's work I was pretty mind-blown. How the heck does someone have that much talent to create something that looks like that! Dear Lord, bless me with these mad skills. Amen.
I think I really chose Bouguereau because he could make such a mundane scene look like something of great importance. And he made paint look like it could have a conversation with me, could start breathing and moving. He can capture deep emotions and feeling with a paintbrush. An excellent example of this is The Hard Lesson (pictured above). Bouguereau lived during the realist movement, living in the mid- 19th and early 20th century. Bouguereau really showed me how important emotions can be in a piece, and even though we have different styles, his message still came across.
Link to artist info: http://www.bouguereau.org/
When I first saw Bouguereau's work I was pretty mind-blown. How the heck does someone have that much talent to create something that looks like that! Dear Lord, bless me with these mad skills. Amen.
I think I really chose Bouguereau because he could make such a mundane scene look like something of great importance. And he made paint look like it could have a conversation with me, could start breathing and moving. He can capture deep emotions and feeling with a paintbrush. An excellent example of this is The Hard Lesson (pictured above). Bouguereau lived during the realist movement, living in the mid- 19th and early 20th century. Bouguereau really showed me how important emotions can be in a piece, and even though we have different styles, his message still came across.
Link to artist info: http://www.bouguereau.org/