Featured Artist Christopher Harvey | Artsy Shark

Artist Christopher Harvey shares a dynamic portfolio of acrylic work created in a daring, painterly model. See extra of his work by visiting his website.

“Blue River” acrylic on canvas, 40″ x 32″

Ever since I used to be a baby, I’ve been fascinated by the way in which a number of marks or traces might describe ideas or feelings extra precisely than spoken phrases.

“Leaping Dance” acrylic on canvas, 60″ x 40″

Greater than something, I at all times loved drawing and portray individuals. It allowed me to precise feelings with out verbalizing them. I additionally loved the huge variations in shapes, sizes, proportions, and colours. I explored my visions and perceptions of the those that I seen.

“Colourful Afternoon” acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″

I began to experiment with colours that will intensify the way in which I felt about these figures. Finally, I introduced these figurative influences into my panorama, animal and architectural drawings and work. There are human qualities in the whole lot I paint.

“Spirit Rider” acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 36″

My work captures the essence of what I see, assume, and expertise all through my life. By way of the usage of vivid colours and dynamic strokes and features, I arrange the chaos. The pictures are drawn, sculpted and illuminated with heavy colourful brush strokes and marks.

“Musicians within the Avenue” acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 30″

With honesty and integrity, I try to seize the core of the human situation. I take advantage of acrylic paint as a result of it permits me to immerse myself within the artistic course of with minimal interruption for dry time. I can rapidly layer brush stroke upon brush stroke and stay in what I name the artistic zone.

“Struggle Horse” acrylic on canvas, 40″ x 60″

I additionally like to combine and arrange all of my colours upfront, so the one factor I’m involved with is the subsequent motion with the comb. Usually, I incorporate random strokes or pictures from earlier work into my items.

“Souls of Saguaros” acrylic on canvas, 60″ x 40″

The mixture of deliberate and random marks in my work mirror the generally informal possibilities or haphazard choices that all of us make in life. I imagine it makes the art work extra genuine.

“Moon Dance” acrylic on canvas, 30″ x 40″

My material is large and different. I paint landscapes, figures, architectural constructions and animals. Though the subject material could range, all of them carry a standard thread all through. All the work seize a second in time.

“Rocky River” acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 18″

I’m a scribe speaking via my artwork. My hope is that I’m able to translate what I see, assume, and really feel with passionate traces, marks, strokes and colours.

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