Oct 29 2007
Bills, Car, and Chuck Close
Today I spent most of my time taking care of some necessary to-do’s. I had to pay some bills and then take my car to get the tires rotated and balanced. However, the entire day was not lost since I was still able to go to my favorite store; Borders Books :). I spent about 2 hours there looking over various photography books, trying to get some ideas. One of the books that I skimmed through was on an artist named Chuck Close. I first started studying his work about 3 years ago. I was drawn to the photorealism in his pieces and I aspired to develop my technique to be able to one day accomplish photorealism. He has an unforgettable style and is actually very well known. His pieces are about 9 feet tall and are mostly facial headshots. I have added some of his pieces below.
